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BJP leader arrested in Jharahand mob lynching case

BJP leader arrested in Jharahand mob lynching case

| | 02 Jul 2017, 12:31 pm
Ramgarh, July 2 (IBNS): A local BJP leader in Jharkhand's Ramgarh has been arrested in connection with the killing of a man in the state of Jharakhand for carrying beef in a car last Thursday, media reports said.

Alimuddin, also known as Asgar Ansari, was driving his Maruti car while he was stopped by a mob in Ramgarh district and was beaten up. Though Alimuddin was taken to a hospital by the police, he soon died.

On Saturday, police arrested Nityanand Mahto, the media in-charge of BJP's Ramgarh unit along with two others from the house of local party unit chief Pappu Banerjee.

According to police, Nityanand Mahto, 45, instigated the mob which has been witnessed in a video of the incident.

The police said the video shows that the BJP leader was not only present at the spot but he was the one who dragged Ansari out of the van.

As he watched, the mob then thrashed Ansari mercilessly, said police.

The incident took place on the same day when PM Modi condemned the activities of the cow vigilantes while addressing a public gathering in Gujarat on Thursday.

Modi had said: "Killing people in the name of Gau Bhakti is not acceptable. This is not something Mahatma Gandhi would approve."

In a stern voice, the PM hadsaid: "As a society, there is no place for violence. No person in this nation has the right to take the law in his or her own hands in this country." "We come from the land of non-violence," he said, "Violence won't solve any problem."
 

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