In the pre-dawn hours of August 5, 2022, a migrant mason named Amarnath Mahato — twenty years a resident of Bengaluru, a man who had made the city his own — was beaten to death by three brothers who had appointed themselves guardians of their shop against thieves. He was not a thief. The case stands as a quiet, devastating testament to what happens when private grievance hardens into vigilante resolve, and when the wrong man walks into the dark at the wrong moment.
Three brothers beat migrant worker to death, mistaking him for thief
A 51-year-old migrant worker was fatally beaten by three brothers who mistook him for a thief, leaving his family bereaved.
Crime & Justice