Mujaffarpur: A teenager plucked four luscious shahi litchis without permission and had to pay the price with his life.
Fourteen-year old Raj Kumar was lynched by the men manning the orchard at village Dwarika Nagar under Mushahri police station in Bihar's Muaffarpur district, a delayed police report said today.
Raj Kumar, while herding his buffalo, went to the orchard of Lakhan Mishra and plucked the litchis on Saturday.
But he was soon captured by Mishra's men who beat him to death. They then threw body into a nearby pond from where it was found the next day, the report said.
Vikram Sah, father of the victim, registered a complaint with the police accusing Mishra, his family members and his men manning the orchard for the killing.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (headquarters) Shankar Jha said he had asked the Mushahari police station to arrest the culprits.
