Bokaro (Jharkhand): A man was lynched and another was seriously injured when a group of people thrashed them for allegedly stealing the battery of a truck in Bokaro district on Wednesday.
Five persons have been arrested in connection with the incident which took place at Govindpur village, Bokaro superintendent of police, P Murugan said.
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Of the two who were thrashed, one died on the spot, while the other was admitted to hospital in a serious condition.
Five persons, including a woman, were arrested after an FIR was filed against them for murder, attempt to murder and conspiracy under sections of the Indian Penal Code.
They were produced before a local court later in the day and remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.
A number of lynchings have been reported from Jharkhand and opposition parties had even said that the state had become a lynching factory. Chief Minister, Raghubar Das had urged the people to refrain from taking the law into their hands.
A meat trader was lynched in June 2017 over the suspicion that he was carrying beef in his car and a Muslim youth Tabrez Ansari, accused of stealing a motorcycle, was beaten up by a mob in Seraikela Kharswan district in June this year. He died later and a video had shown that he was purportedly made to chant Jai Shri Ram and Jai Hanuman.
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