1 Lynched, Other Injured for Allegedly Stealing Goat in Jharkhand

Three people have been arrested, Dumka’s SP said.

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Two young men were tied with ropes and reportedly beaten up brutally by locals in Kathikund village in Dumka, Jharkhand, for allegedly stealing a goat, reported ANI, quoting the Superintendant of Police, Dumka.

The SP said, “One man has passed away, the other is admitted to a local hospital. Three people have been arrested.”

The man who died was Subhan Ansari, 26. While his friend who is in the hospital is Dulal Mirdha, 22.

A senior police officer Ambar Lakda stated that an FIR will be filed against the villagers involved in the lynching, according to NDTV.

Villagers have claimed that they were spotted butchering a goat outside the village by some men who had surrounded them and accused them of theft.

The crowd allegedly dragged them into the village and tied them to a tree.

Then they thrashed the two men, and by the time the police arrived, they were found injured and bleeding.

(With inputs from ANI, NDTV)