Three people have been arrested in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand in connection with the lynching of a Catholic man, according to police.
David Minz, a 35-year-old tribal Catholic was beaten to death on Dec. 14 for allegedly molesting a girl with learning difficulties in Ranchi district.
Three people were arrested on Dec. 16, police said.
“The Jharkhand government in 2021 passed a law to check mob lynching but still we hear about it,” Ratan Tirkey, a former member of the tribal advisory committee in Jharkhand, told UCA News.
According to him, the allegations against Minz were a pretext to kill him.
“Wait, till the investigations are over,” he said.
It is part of a conspiracy against Christian missionaries and Muslims,” the tribal Catholic leader added.
According to the state-run Press Trust of India news agency, Minz used to sing in the Nagpuri language and many of his songs were hits on social media platforms.
After being beaten with sticks, Minz was declared dead by doctors at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Science.
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