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3 suspected cow thieves lynched in West Bengal

| | Jun 24, 2017, at 02:20 am
Kolkata, Jun 23 (IBNS): At least three alleged cattle thieves were beaten to death by locals at Durgapur village under Chopra Police Station limits in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district on the wee hours of Friday, reports said.

According to reports, at least 15 men were allegedly trying to steal cows from a local resident's home at midnight and when a large number of locals challenged them, they tried to escape.

After the chase, 12 of them fled from the area while remaining three were caught.

Locals said that the trio was beaten for hours until they died

Later in early morning, police force arrived in the scene and recovered three bodies.

"We recovered three youths' bodies, who were allegedly beaten to death by locals, and two motorcycles from Durgapur village in Sonarpur panchayat area," a local police official told IBNS.

"Three killed persons have been identified Nasirul Hoque, Samiruddin and Nasir. Their bodies have been sent for post mortem," the officer added.

However, police have started probe into the matter while none has been detained till the last update came in.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)

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