INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pradesh, allegedly by villagers who suspected that he had stolen a buffalo
The incident was reported from Bholapur Hindoliya village in Bareilly district late on Tuesday night
According to the police, the villagers called them and told them that Shahrukh Khan and three of his friends were trying to steal a
buffalo.The police took him to the district hospital, where he died during treatment
"The villagers informed us about the incident
We took the man to the hospital
It seems he had overdosed on drugs
He was a regular user," said Abhinandan, city Superintendent, said on Wednesday.Mr Khan's post-mortem report, however, revealed that he
died of internal injuries to his liver and kidneys
The same officer confirmed to TheIndianSubcontinent today that the report hasn't established a drug overdose."It was a case of mob
lynching," Mr Abhinandan said
"Four men had gone to the village to steal a buffalo around 2.30 am, but they were caught
Three of them jumped into a pond and escaped
But Khan didn't know how to swim so he was left behind," he added.Mr Khan worked at an embroidery unit in Dubai and had come home about a
According to his brother Firoz, he went out with friends after receiving a call from one of them
When he didn't return home, his family got worried, but thought he would come back by morning
In the morning, they received a call from the police who told them that Khan was in hospital.Mr Khan's family has rubbished the theft
"He worked in Dubai and other places in the Gulf
He has also stayed in Delhi or Mumbai
He has never done anything wrong
Majid and Pappu had called him that day and gave him a pill," Firoz claimed.The police have registered two cases
One accuses 25 people of murder
The other case of buffalo theft, based on a First Information Report or an FIR by villagers, names Khan and his three friends
There haven't been any arrests in either of the cases.
