Mob Justice On Rise In Bihar

He got severe injuries and brought to a government hospital by the police later, but by then he succumbed to injury. A case of murder has been lodged against half a dozen unidentified villagers. In another incident on Monday in Aurangabad district, a suspected thief was beaten to death by a mob of villagers in Visambhar Bigha village under Daudnagar police station. The victim was not identified. "He was beaten to death with bamboo sticks after being caught by the mob," police sources said. According to cases lodged in different PS of the state over two dozen lynching cases have been reported in the state since the beginning of the year.