Man lynched on suspicion of cattle theft in Assam

Guwahati | Friday | 17th August, 2018

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They intercepted the four and started beating them up.“Around 4am, we were alerted that locals in the area had thrashed four cattle thieves. GUWAHATI: One person was beaten to death and three others were seriously injured on Thursday morning in an alleged attack by a mob that suspected them of being cattle thieves. Another case has been filed by Sankat alleging cattle theft. When locals started searching the area, they came across Deben Rajbongshi (35), Pujan Ghatowar (40), Phulchand Sahu (25) and Bijoy Nayak (25) — who were allegedly escaping with the cows. “An auto van and two cows were also seized,” the SP said, adding, “The auto van has no number plate.”Police have registered two cases..