Alimuddin, also known as Asgar Ansari, was lynched by a mob in Jharkhand's Ramgarh last week
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Ramgarh BJP media-in-charge Nityanand Mahto arrested
Mr Mahto, 45, instigated mob to attack Asgar Ansari: police
Mr Ansari was lynched by a mob in Ramgarh district last week
On Thursday, Alimuddin, also known as Asgar Ansari, was driving his Maruti van when he was stopped and brutally attacked by a group of people near Bazaar Tand area in Ramgarh; his car was set on fire. A senior officer, RK Malik, said the police "swung into action" as soon as they heard about the attack and rescued Mr Ansari, but he died in hospital.
Police say that Nityanand Mahto, 45, instigated the mob; a video of the incident, they say, shows that the BJP leader was not just present at the spot but he dragged Mr Ansari out of the van. As he watched, the mob then thrashed Mr Ansari mercilessly, say police.

BJP media-in-charge in Ramgarh Nityanand Mahto was arrested for his alleged role in the lynching case.
On Friday, police made the first arrest in the case; a hunt is on for eight others.
The attack in Ramgarh came hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the killing of people by cow vigilantes is unacceptable. "Killing people in the name of gau bhakti (cow protection) is not acceptable," said the PM, adding, "No person in this nation has the right to take the law in his or her own hands in this country."
People across the country protested on Wednesday against the rising incidents of mob attacks and cow vigilantism across the country. Last week, a group of people on a train killed 16-year-old Junaid Khan who was travelling home to his village in Haryana with his brother and two cousins after a shopping excursion to Delhi ahead of Eid.
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