Kolkata Feb 26 (IANS) A young man was hacked to death for confronting a group that was hurling sexual abuses at some women performers in West Bengal the state police said on Sunday.
Md. Mustakin a resident of South 24-Paragana district was attacked by a group of men on his way back home on Saturday night a senior police official said.
According to Mustakin s family he was attacked because he confronted a group of men hurling obscene comments at female performers on Friday evening during a cultural programme on the occasion of Mahashivratri.
The police said they have already detained four people.
According to police records the deceased (Mustakin) also had a criminal record. We are investigating the motive behind the murder the official added.
--IANS
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