By PTI
AGARTALA: A 26-year-old man was lynched on Tuesday morning in Tripura’s Sepahijala district on the suspicion that he was a cattle thief, police mentioned.
Two individuals have been arrested in reference to the killing of Litan Miah, a resident of Tarapukur in Jatrapur police station space of Sonamura subdivision, they mentioned.
Information was obtained within the morning that villagers have detained a youth in Baramura, police mentioned.
A police crew rushed to the spot and located him critically injured after being thrashed by a gaggle of youths who claimed that he was a cattle thief, they mentioned.
“He was first taken to a local hospital. From there he was referred to GBP Hospital in Agartala as his condition was critical. On the way to that hospital, he died,” Officer-in-Charge of Jatrapur police station Nandan Das informed PTI.
As the information of the incident unfold, lots of of locals blocked the street at close by Dhanpur — the constituency of Leader of Opposition Manik Sarkar, demanding instant arrest of the killers.
Union Minister of State for Social Empowerment and Justice Pratima Bhoumik can also be a resident of Dhanpur.
The father of the deceased, Jamal Miah, lodged a police criticism, following which two individuals have been arrested. Those arrested have been Sentu Debnath and Amar Chandra Das, police mentioned. A case has been registered underneath related sections of the IPC, together with 302 (homicide), they mentioned.
