The bundle of muscle was no match for the crowd, which the police estimated to be more than a dozen.
A body builder was beaten to death by a group of men over an altercation at a wedding party, police said in India.
According to the police, a group of young men had been taking selfies in the space where the wedding was taking place when they were asked to move so that the women could pass them. According to the police, this led to an argument between a bodybuilder who was a guest at the wedding Rohit Dhankhar and between young men.
According to Dhankhar’s friend, they were viciously attacked after leaving the wedding. Dhankhar and a friend tried to escape in a car, but ended up at a railway crossing, which was closed. According to the friend, a group of men dragged Dhankhar out of the car and beat him with sticks and field hockey sticks.
Dhankhar was rushed to hospital where he died on Saturday.
– We were at a wedding. We encountered people who used inappropriate language. We noticed that there are girls there. An hour after we left, they struck, the friend said.
The course of events is not completely clear, at least in public. The body builder’s family has said that the man was attacked because he had objected to the harassment of women.
Times of India – magazine, Dhankhar, who had an injury in his right leg, competed as a para athlete in powerlifting and worked as a fitness trainer.