A man was lynched, his hand chopped off and the body bearing over 10 wounds caused by sharp-edged weapons tied to a barricade at a farmers’ protest site at Kundli near the Delhi-Haryana border, a gruesome incident being blamed on a group of Nihangs. 

Hours later, a man wearing the blue robes of the Sikhs’ Nihang order, appeared before the media, claiming that he had “punished” the victim for “desecrating” a holy book. Other Nihangs said he had “surrendered” to police. Police later said they have detained one person.