PATNA: A mob assaulted a 25-year-old youth, tonsured his head and paraded him half-naked on suspicion of cellphone theft at Laund Bazar under the Sirdala police station area in
Nawada district on Friday.
The youth, Onkar alias Shukla Kumar, was caught by locals for allegedly stealing the cellphone of one Bachcha Kumar.
Police said an FIR was lodged against four named accused – Bachcha Mahto, Ajit Kumar, Krishna Prasad and Ajit Sharma – and 15 unknown people in connection with the incident.