Man lynched to death on suspicion of cattle theft in Haryana

Behrola: In yet another incident of lynching and mob violence, a man's hands and legs were tied and he was beaten to death by villagers over suspicion of cattle theft in Behrola village of Haryana.

The incident took place on the intervening night of August 2 and 3. Two people accompanying the victim fled away from the spot.

The body of the victim has been sent for post-mortem.

A murder case has been filed against three accused who were involved in the beating. One among the them has been arrested.

The victim, along with two others, was reportedly trying to steal cattle from a person named Shradharam in the village on Thursday night. At that time, people in the house awoke and began creating a commotion, which prompted the victim and his accomplices to run.

The crowd caught hold of the victim while his accomplices managed to flee, it added. When police reached the spot, they found marks of injury on the victim's hands and neck.

According to investigating officer Suresh Kumar, Shradharam's three sons Beer Singh, Prakash and Ram Kishan were the ones who allegedly beat the young man to death.

The police also said they are looking at CCTV footage from nearby areas.

The incident took place nearly two weeks after a group of villagers killed 28-year-old Rakbar Khan allegedly on the suspicion of cow smuggling in Rajasthan's Alwar district.

Khan, a resident of Kolgaon in Haryana, and another man were taking two cows to their village through a forest area near Lalawandi village in the district's Ramgarh region on 20 July when a group of people severely thrashed him, the police had said.

Khan was taken to a government hospital in Ramgarh, where doctors declared him brought dead.