35-year-old Mohammad Farid accused of dacoity, lynched 10 days later; police later booked him and others under dacoity charges based on mother's complaint.

10 days after a mob allegedly lynched 35-year-old Mohammad Farid in Aligarh, police booked him and eight others on dacoity charges based on a complaint by the mother of an arrested accused. The victim was accused of attempting a dacoity at the accuser's house, leading to the lynching. The FIR was registered under Indian Penal Code sections 391 (dacoity) and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman).

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