Man Confronts Tour Operators About Missing Parents. They Beat Him To Death

A man was allegedly assaulted, strangled and killed in Jharkhand's Giridih after he went to a group of tour operators to inquire about the whereabouts of his parents, who had gone to Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage and had not returned for days.According to a police complaint, the victim, Haider Ansari, grew anxious after his parents, who went to Saudi Arabia on October 7 for Umrah, failed to come home days after their scheduled return date of October 24.Haider, a resident of Charghara in the Herodih police station area, went to a madrasa on November 5 operated by Maulana Ilyas Ansari, who had sent his parents on the pilgrimage in exchange for Rs 30,000.He had been repeatedly visiting the madrasa, enquiring about his parents' whereabouts.

On November 5, he took his cousin Israfil Ansari with him.

The incident happened in the Khorimahua area, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Dhanwar police station.The complaint, filed by Haider's brother Parvez Ansari, states that the accused persons reacted aggressively when he reached the madrasa.