LUDHIANA: A 27-year-old Sahnewal resident succumbed to his injuries a week after four men brutally thrashed him.
Mohit Kumar, who allegedly attempted snatching, was under treatment at PGIMER, where he breathed his last on Tuesday night.
After adding murder section to the FIR, Focal Point police on Wednesday arrested three accused: Gopal, Hajari and Ganpat.
The fourth accused, Raj Kumar, is at large.
All are residents of slums at Chandigarh Road.
They had assaulted Mohit with sticks after tying him up with a rope in the slums on June 16.
Police said Mohit, along with his friend Guddu, was passing through the slums on a bike when they tried to snatch a cellphone from Raj Kumar that day.
Raj Kumar resisted and fought back.
Meanwhile, Mohit attacked Raj Kumar with a brick.
On hearing his cries, his father Gopal and neighbours Hajari and Ganpat rushed there.
“Guddu managed to escape on his bike, but the accused nabbed Mohit.
They tied him up with a rope and brutally thrashed him.
On receiving the information, police reached there, rescued Mohit and took him to ESIC Hospital.
He was referred to PGIMER due to his critical condition,” said inspector Davinder Kumar, SHO of Focal Point police station.
A murder bid case was lodged against the accused, to which police have now added murder section too.
“We are trying to trace Guddu, too, as a case would be lodged against him and Mohit for attempting to snatch a cellphone from Raj Kumar and thrashing him.
We urge people to call police when they nab an accused rather than beating him up,” the SHO added.