The three villagers, identified as Kalantus Barla, Philip Horo and Faagu Kacchap, are alleged to have been carving an animal prohibited for slaughtering.
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In another incident of lynching, a man was killed and two others injured in Khunti district of Jharkhand Sunday after they were assaulted by an irate mob, The mob accused them of “slaughtering” a cow. According to Police, the men were attacked around 10 am in Jaltanda Suri village Sunday, 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.