Jharkhand: Villagers blame Bajrang Dal workers for Khunti lynching
Police are still on the hunt for the mob responsible for the lynching of 34-year-old Kalantus Barla.
A tribal man was beaten to death by angry villagers in Jharkhand over suspicion of selling beef. Two other men injured in the mob attack are now stable.Speaking to India Today TV, locals from Suari village under Karra PS of Khunti district expressed shock and grief over the death of Kalantus Barla. Villagers claimed that workers from Bajrang Dal were behind the attack.
Police, however, have arrested some people from adjacent Jaltanda village on the basis of suspicion.
It all started when word spread that the three tribal men--Kalantus Barla, Philip Horo and Phagu Kachchap--were selling beef. As soon as the news spread, several workers of Bajrang Dal came to the spot and beat the three men, villagers added. [ . . ]
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/jharkhand-villagers-blame-bajrang-dal-workers-for-khunti-lynching-1602356-2019-09-23
