Barabanki (UP), Mar 22 (UNI) A youth died during a group clash allegedly over an incident of eve teasing in Shahar Kotwali area of Barabanki district here in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said here on Wednesday.
Police sources said that a teenaged girl was allegedly teased by Jasim (23) In Kewari village on Tuesday evening. "When the youth returned to the village in the evening he had a verbal spat with the family members of the girl which turned into a scuffle during which Jasim fell in a nearby pond," they said.
Police sources said that agitated by this the family members of the youth vandalised the house of the girl. "As the situation worsened Superintendent of Police (SP) Dinesh Kumar Singh, Additional District Magistrate Rakesh Kumar Singh, Sub Divisional Magistrate Vinay Kumar Trivedi, Circle Officer Dr Beenu Singh along with force from several police stations reached the village and controlled the situation," they said.