One person was killed and three others were injured after villagers in Jharkhand's Gumla district beat them up, alleging that they were cutting flesh of a dead bull, police said. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday, 10 April.
The deceased has been identified as Prakash Lakra.
The incident reportedly occurred around 20 km from Dumri police station, bordering Chhattisgarh, Homkar told The Indian Express.
Superintendent of Police in Gumla Anjani Kumar Jha said that an FIR has been registered and the investigation was underway.
No arrests have been made in connection with the case yet, reported PTI.
The injured persons have been admitted to the Sadar Hospital in the area.
In another unrelated incident. a man was beaten to death in Delhi over suspicion of theft.
The incident occurred in Narela on Thursday, 11 April.
The police have arrested one person and detained one other person. A case has been registered, and the body sent for postmortem, reported ANI.
(With inputs from ANI, PTI, Indian Express)
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