Kanpur: A 47-year-old man succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital late Monday, two days after he was allegedly assaulted with bricks and stones by four unidentified drunken youths near Om Chauraha in Kakadeo.According to police, Amit Kumar was returning from his shop in Naveen Nagar at around 11pm on Saturday when he came across four youths drinking near Om Chauraha.Police said one of the youths allegedly began urinating on the roadside. When Kumar objected, the youth started abusing him.The four then allegedly assaulted Kumar and repeatedly hit him on the head with bricks and stones, leaving him seriously injured.CCTV footage of the incident reportedly shows the youths thrashing Kumar as passersby attempted to rescue him. The assailants then fled the spot, leaving Kumar in a critical condition.Police reached the spot after receiving information and rushed him to a hospital.His family later shifted him to a private hospital, from where he was referred to another private hospital after his condition worsened. His condition deteriorated on Monday evening and he died late that night.Family members later gathered at the post-mortem house and demanded the arrest of the four accused. They alleged negligence on the part of the police, claiming that the suspects had not been arrested despite CCTV footage of the incident being available.Kakadeo police station in charge Dharmendra Ram said a case had been registered on the family’s complaint. He said the accused would soon be arrested and sent to jail.
