Jharkhand again: A man is lynched, two injured over suspicion of cow slaughter
One man was killed and
two others injured in Khunti district of Jharkhand Sunday after they were
assaulted by a mob that accused them of “slaughtering” a cow. Police said the
men were attacked around 10 am in Jaltanda Suari village, when villagers
spotted them allegedly carving out meat from an animal carcass.
“The three villagers,
identified as Kalantus Barla, Philip Horo and Faagu Kacchap, are alleged to
have been carving an animal prohibited for slaughtering. Other villagers
spotted them and started beating them. However, police reached the spot as we
got information and rushed them to hospital. Barla sustained grievous injuries
and he died before reaching hospital. The other two are said to be
stable,” said DIG (Chhotanagpur Range) Homkar Amol Venukant. The DIG said that
there was no clarity on the “sequence of events” and that the matter is under
investigation. He said no arrests have been made and that “there are a few
persons detained for questioning”.
This year in April, a
tribal Christian Prakash
Lakra was killed after being lynched by a mob allegedly after he
along with other villagers were allegedly “carving a dead ox” in Jhurmo village
of Gumla district. In the case, the police booked the injured under the
Jharkhand Bovine Animal Prohibition of Slaughter Act. In September alone, at
least three similar incidents have been reported across the state. On September
11, a 70-year-old man was beaten to death after he was suspected to be a child
lifter in Sahibganj district on September 11, while on September 3, a man in
his 40s was assaulted by a mob of over 50 people in Ramgarh district and he died
on the way to hospital. On September 6, a man in Kagti Pahari village of
Dhanbad died after he was thrashed over similar rumours.
In the last three
years, at least 21 people have died in mob violence across the state. The
lynchings have stemmed from accusations of animal slaughter, theft and child
lifting rumours among others. In addition, more than 90 people have been killed
by mobs on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Jharkhand since January 2017....
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