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March 17, 2018

India: 11 Including Local BJP Leader Convicted for Lynching of Alimuddin Ansari in Jharkhand

  Ramgarh Lynching: 11 Including Local BJP Leader Convicted for Murdering Alimuddin Ansari
We want life imprisonment as we don’t want anyone to be killed, says victim’s family.
16 Mar 2018
  Jharkhand court on Friday convicted 11 self-styled ‘Gau Rakshaks’ (cow vigilantes), including a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader – Nityanand Mahto, for murdering Alimuddin Ansari alias Asghar Ali at Bazartand in Ramgarh town on June 29, 2017 for allegedly carrying beef. The trial court held all of them guilty under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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https://newsclick.in/ramgarh-lynching-11-including-local-bjp-leader-convicted-murdering-alimuddin-ansari