By Sukrita Baruah / Indian Express
Two people were lynched in the early hours of Thursday in two separate incidents in Assam – the latest in a series of incidents where people have been killed on suspicion of theft.
In one incident, 45-year-old Majibul Haque, who was allegedly suspected of trying to steal goats, was killed in Padmajhar village in Darrang district. In the other, 27-year-old Binod Brahma was killed in his village Tinipukhuri in Tamulpur district, again on suspicion of trying to steal from a home in the village.
On Thursday afternoon, Darrang police said they had arrested 14 people from Padmajhar and a neighbouring village in connection with Haque’s death, while Tamulur police said that they had apprehended three people and were trying to identify the main accused.
According to Darrang Superintendent of Police Prakash Sonowal, Haque was not a resident of the village where he was killed, and lived nearby in Naopota.
“The incident took place early in the morning, around 3:15 am. According to local inputs, he was trying to take the goats out from someone’s property when he was caught. He tried to flee but there was a ruckus and people gathered there,” he said. Haque succumbed to his injuries after police arrived at the spot and took him to a nearby hospital
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