Unidentified youth caught hold of a man and beat him ruthlessly near the Jamia Masjid in down town area of Nowhatta on Friday alleging that he was a police man in civvies to identify them.
The “policeman” was left only after the intervention of elders, local sources said adding he was badly injured.
It was not immediately known whether the man in fact belonged to police or not however, youth on the occasion alleged that the said “policeman” was there to identify them.