Manipuri musician beaten to death in Delhi for objecting to noise outside his home
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A Manipuri musician died on Monday in Delhi after he was assaulted allegedly by a group of delivery workers and dhaba staffers when he objected to them shouting and drinking outside his apartment, PTI reported.
On Sunday night, Chongtham Vikram Singh had stepped out of his home in Kilokari village and asked the delivery workers not to make noise. His family said that the confrontation quickly became violent, and Singh was seriously injured, The Indian Express reported.
Singh’s son Yaiphaba took him to the Holy Family Hospital in Okhla, but he succumbed to his injuries early on Monday morning. The hospital stated that he died of haemorrhagic shock caused by blunt force trauma.
The police have arrested seven men and taken a minor into custody, PTI reported. The seven arrested men have been identified as Bharat Kumar, Pramod, Ramzan Khan, Deepanshu, Mohan Vishwakarma, Vijay and Mannu.
Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Vineet Kumar said that he and other senior officials met Singh’s family and other community members, and assured them that prompt and lawful action would be taken, The Indian Express reported.
Singh was the lead guitarist of Manipuri rock band Phoenix in the early 1980s, and was regarded as a pioneer for rock music in the state. He subsequently joined another band named Eastern Dark. Later,...