This Article is From May 15, 2016

Youth Lynched By Mob On Suspicion Of Goat Theft In Bengal's Jalpaiguri

Youth Lynched By Mob On Suspicion Of Goat Theft In Bengal's Jalpaiguri

The incident occurred in north Bengal's Jalpaiguri district today.

Jalpaiguri, West Bengal: A youth was lynched and another critically injured by a mob on the suspicion of stealing a goat at a tea garden in north Bengal's Jalpaiguri district today, police said.

The incident occurred within a week of lynching of an ITI student on the suspicion of stealing a buffalo at a village in south Bengal.

Locals at Damdim tea garden in Mal area claimed they saw four persons trying to lift a goat in a car. They captured two of them, beat them up, killing a person on the spot, police said.

The other person is now in Mal hospital in a critical condition, they said.

The two other companions of the victims managed to flee and the mob set afire their car, police said.

An ITI student, who came to a village in South 24 Parganas district to visit his aunt, was lynched on May 9 by a mob who suspected that he had stolen a buffalo.
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