Varanasi (UP), March 30 A 16-year-old boy was allegedly beaten to death with sticks over suspicion of mobile theft here, police said on Monday.
According to police, on Saturday night, when Sonu Ali (16) was at his house, six people entered and accused him of stealing a mobile phone.
The victim's mother, in her complaint, alleged that the accused, Ramesh alias Bablu Patel, forcibly took her son to an underpass near a petrol pump in Panditpur and assaulted him with sticks, leaving him critically injured.
The accused later took him to the Bhadwar police outpost and continued to level theft allegations.
Police later took Ali to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Based on his mother's complaint, an FIR was registered against Ramesh alias Bablu Patel, Ravi Patel, Rohit, Govind, Gaurav Pal, Azad Ali and an unidentified person, Rohania Station House Officer (SHO) Raju Singh said.
Ramesh has been arrested in the matter, while efforts are on to arrest the remaining accused, the officer said.
He added that a detailed investigation is underway.