<p>A youth was allegedly lynched to death in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district, about 300 kilometres from here, over a love affair.</p>.<p>According to the police sources here, the youth, identified as Manish Kumar Ram, a resident of Chewta village in the district, was beaten to death allegedly by the family members of his lover on Wednesday night after they caught him with the woman in a room.</p>.<p>Police said that 21-year-old Manish had been having an affair with a woman of the same village for the past few months. Though the lovers hailed from the same caste, the family of the woman did not approve of their relationship.</p>.<p>Manish had sneaked into the house of his lover to meet her as her family had fixed her marriage somewhere else, sources said.</p>.<p>He was, however, caught by the woman's family members and was thrashed mercilessly with sticks, rods and belts. He was later tied to a tree and the police was informed.</p>.<p>Manish was rushed to the district hospital but was declared brought dead. Five persons were arrested in connection with the case, police said.</p>.<p>This incident also became the fourth incident of lynching in the state in the past one week.</p>.<p>A man was beaten to death by a group of youths in the state's Mainpuri district after he shifted her minor daughter to a relative's house to protect her from eve-teasers.</p>.<p>In another incident, a murder accused was lynched to death in the presence of cops by a frenzied mob in UP's Kushinagar district a couple of days back.</p>
<p>A youth was allegedly lynched to death in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district, about 300 kilometres from here, over a love affair.</p>.<p>According to the police sources here, the youth, identified as Manish Kumar Ram, a resident of Chewta village in the district, was beaten to death allegedly by the family members of his lover on Wednesday night after they caught him with the woman in a room.</p>.<p>Police said that 21-year-old Manish had been having an affair with a woman of the same village for the past few months. Though the lovers hailed from the same caste, the family of the woman did not approve of their relationship.</p>.<p>Manish had sneaked into the house of his lover to meet her as her family had fixed her marriage somewhere else, sources said.</p>.<p>He was, however, caught by the woman's family members and was thrashed mercilessly with sticks, rods and belts. He was later tied to a tree and the police was informed.</p>.<p>Manish was rushed to the district hospital but was declared brought dead. Five persons were arrested in connection with the case, police said.</p>.<p>This incident also became the fourth incident of lynching in the state in the past one week.</p>.<p>A man was beaten to death by a group of youths in the state's Mainpuri district after he shifted her minor daughter to a relative's house to protect her from eve-teasers.</p>.<p>In another incident, a murder accused was lynched to death in the presence of cops by a frenzied mob in UP's Kushinagar district a couple of days back.</p>
