An Indian man was beaten and electrocuted after stealing electricity cables in Telangana state.
Indian police said the 30-year-old man was beaten to death by some villagers.
It stated that he died yesterday after being tied to a tree on charges of stealing electrical wires in the Sangaredi district of the southern state of Telangana. His family said he was beaten and subjected to electric shocks, according to the Press Trust of India.
Villagers caught the man in the agricultural fields of Gumadidala village in the morning when he was reported to have been stealing electric wires from agricultural motors. He was later tied to a tree and beaten to death, according to the police.
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