CM announces compensation of Rs 2 lakh for those killed
Our Correspondent / Ranchi
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das has announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the kin of those who were killed over the alleged charges of being child lifters. Taking self cognizance of the incident the chief minister has condemned the killings and has instructed the district administration to take strict action against those who spread such kind of rumours and try to disturb the communal harmony of the state.
He asked the officials to make sure that at no cost the law and order should decline in the area. Mr Das also urged the people not to pay attention toward any such rumours related to child lifters and should share information about such people with the police who spread rumours regarding child lifters in the area.
SEVEN PERSONS, including two brothers returning from work linked to the Swachh Bharat campaign, were beaten to death by mobs in two attacks over the last 24 hours in tribal-dominated areas near Jamshedpur following rumours of gangs involved in kidnapping children being active in the region.
Jharkhand Police said two other persons were killed similarly on May 12 and May 13 in the neighbouring Jadugora and Asanboni areas.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Kolhan DIG Prabhat Kumar said, “The lynchings took place because of rumours of a child-lifting gang in the area even though no such case has been reported. We don’t know how this rumour began and who started it.”
On Friday, residents in different areas near Jamshedpur in East Singbhum district and Seraikela-Kharsawan district, where Thursday’s attacks took place, staged protests against the killings, downing shutters in shops and blocking roads. In Jugsalai market, a tribal was assaulted and his bicycle set ablaze.
Three of those killed in the first incident at Rajnagar on Thursday morning were identified as Sheikh Sajju (25), Sheikh Siraj (26) and Naim (35). Another member of this group, Sheikh Halim (28), was initially reported missing but his body was found in the locality on Friday, said police.