<p>An army jawan was beaten to death by some youths after he protested against them for passing lewd comments at a girl. Three persons were arrested in connection to the case.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident occurred in Meerut town, about 450 kilometres from here, on Thursday evening.<br /><br />The braveheart, identified as Vedmitra Chaudhury, sustained serious injuries while fighting a dozen youths armed with rods and sticks. <br /><br />He was admitted to an army hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on Friday.<br />Chaudhary, 33, was with the engineering brigade of the army. <br /><br />Police said the jawan protested on seeing two youths teasing the daughter of the owner of a local dairy where he had gone to buy milk. <br /><br />He took them on and forced them to flee.<br /><br /> The duo, however, returned soon after with 10 more people armed with hockey sticks and iron rods.<br /><br />Chaudhary, according to the eyewitnesses, fought valiantly but collapsed after being repeatedly hit by rods and sticks. The attackers left the spot soon after. Sadly, nobody came forward to his help.<br /><br />Arrests<br />Three youths were arrested later and a massive manhunt had been launched to catch the others, the police said.<br /><br />The girl later said the youths had been harassing her for several days and it had become difficult for her to even walk on the roads.<br /><br />“That day they (molesters) crossed all limits...they forcibly held my hands,” she said.<br />The girl also added: “None except the army jawan came to my help.”<br /><br />The local police had earlier termed the incident as a fall out of an altercation over passage.<br /><br />According to reports, Chaudhary was cremated with full military honours at his ancestral village of Titauli in Shamli district on Friday.<br /> <br /></p>
<p>An army jawan was beaten to death by some youths after he protested against them for passing lewd comments at a girl. Three persons were arrested in connection to the case.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident occurred in Meerut town, about 450 kilometres from here, on Thursday evening.<br /><br />The braveheart, identified as Vedmitra Chaudhury, sustained serious injuries while fighting a dozen youths armed with rods and sticks. <br /><br />He was admitted to an army hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on Friday.<br />Chaudhary, 33, was with the engineering brigade of the army. <br /><br />Police said the jawan protested on seeing two youths teasing the daughter of the owner of a local dairy where he had gone to buy milk. <br /><br />He took them on and forced them to flee.<br /><br /> The duo, however, returned soon after with 10 more people armed with hockey sticks and iron rods.<br /><br />Chaudhary, according to the eyewitnesses, fought valiantly but collapsed after being repeatedly hit by rods and sticks. The attackers left the spot soon after. Sadly, nobody came forward to his help.<br /><br />Arrests<br />Three youths were arrested later and a massive manhunt had been launched to catch the others, the police said.<br /><br />The girl later said the youths had been harassing her for several days and it had become difficult for her to even walk on the roads.<br /><br />“That day they (molesters) crossed all limits...they forcibly held my hands,” she said.<br />The girl also added: “None except the army jawan came to my help.”<br /><br />The local police had earlier termed the incident as a fall out of an altercation over passage.<br /><br />According to reports, Chaudhary was cremated with full military honours at his ancestral village of Titauli in Shamli district on Friday.<br /> <br /></p>