By Animesh Bisoee
Akhtar Ansari, 32, a resident of Katamkuli in Ranchi, Jharkhand, was allegedly lynched by a mob over an accusation of goat stealing at Tatisilwai in the early hours of Sunday.
“My uncle (Akhtar Ansari) used to do civil works in under-construction houses and had gone out on Saturday evening. Around 2.30am (Sunday), I received a call from an unknown number and heard my uncle’s choked voice informing me that he was being beaten by a mob between Namkum and Tatisilwai and they were threatening to kill him. Then an unknown voice said that they were going to kill my uncle and the phone was cut off,” said Irshan Ansari, who lodged a police complaint at Tatisilwai police station.
Irshad further claimed that they immediately called the Namkum police station and informed them about the phone number from which the call came.
“We received a call from Tatisilwai thana around 6.30am informing us that an unknown body had been found. We recognised the body as our uncle,” said Irshad.
The police said that Akhtar was beaten up by locals for stealing goats, according to Irshad.
“My uncle was the sole breadwinner of the family (wife and four children) and had no criminal history. We do not believe that he could have gone so far (over 37km from Pithoria to Tatisilwai) to steal a goat,” Irshad claimed.
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