Overview

• Hriday Lal, a 22-year-old newlywed from Laxmanpur Jaat village, died in Lucknow after being beaten during a ₹200 loan dispute on August 1.
• A video showing his family dumping his body onto the Gonda–Lucknow highway from a moving ambulance went viral, fueling public outrage.
• Police have arrested four suspects allegedly involved in the fatal assault, including the debtor and his relatives.
• Gonda Police filed an FIR against 27 people for blocking the national highway and mistreating the corpse during the protest.
• His last rites were conducted under police supervision and investigators are continuing to probe both the assault and the highway blockade.