Man Lynched for 'Cattle Theft' in Jharkhand, Family Claims Religious Hatred

Man lynched for 'cattle theft' in Jharkhand, family claims religious hatred

Godda: A 45-year-old Muslim man was brutally beaten to death on Wednesday, January 8, after a mob accused him of stealing cattle in Jharkhand’s Godda district, near the state’s border with Bihar. The victim, identified as Pappu Ansari, who hails from Ranipur village, which falls under the Pathargama Police Station, was returning home from Shyam Bazaar cattle market in Bihar’s Banka when the incident took place. His family claimed that a mob of 2…

Jharkhand: Muslim Man Lynched by Mob Allegedly Over Religious Identity in Godda

NEW DELHI: A 45-year-old Muslim man, Pappu Ansari, was allegedly lynched by a mob of 20–25 people in Jharkhand’s Godda district while transporting cattle from a cattle market in Bihar’s Banka district on Thursday. Ansari, a resident of Ranipur village in Godda, was intercepted and brutally assaulted in the Sugabathan area after the mob allegedly asked his name. His body was later found lying in a nearby field. According to an FIR lodged on Janua…