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One lynched, two thrashed for stealing cattle in Purnia

A 36-year-old man died and two others seriously injured after being brutally thrashed by villagers for allegedly stealing cattle in Purnia on Thursday.
One lynched, two thrashed for stealing cattle in Purnia
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PATNA: A 36-year-old man died and two others seriously injured after being brutally thrashed by villagers for allegedly stealing cattle in Purnia on Thursday.
The lynching took place on Wednesday night at Kadgama village under the Krityanand Nagar police station area. According to the police, the villagers mercilessly thrashed all three and kept them tied for several hours till the cops arrived on Thursday morning.
“The villagers kept the trio tied up and thrashed them,” Srinagar police outpost in-charge Santosh Kumar Jha said, adding, the dead man has been identified as Shyamanand Yadav.
The two injured persons are Manoj Yadav (40) and Kailash Sah (25).
Purnia Sadar hospital superintendent Dr Sunrendra Das said one of the injured has severe injuries in both of his eyes.
Villagers caught trio after a hot chase
Jha said Manoj is a native of Devinagar village in Srinagar and the other two are from a village in Araria.
“Shyamanand was declared dead after being brought to the hospital. The post-mortem is over, and we are waiting for his family to hand over the body,” he said.
Jha said one Janki Devi of Oraon Tola in Kadgama village has lodged an FIR against the trio alleging that they were fleeing after taking away her buffalo from the cattle shed around 2 am.

“The villagers were alerted after stray dogs in the village started barking. They woke up and caught the trio after a chase,” the in-charge said.
“It was the deceased Shaymananad and Manoj who had roped in Kailash. Manoj had informed Shyamanand about the house from where cattle could be stolen,” he said
The in-charge said Manoj is an accused in several criminal cases of arms recovery, theft and extortion in Srinagar.
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