West Bengal lynching over suspected cow theft: Three locals held
According to reports, following the incident, police from Dhupguri Police Station carried out an operation at Barohalia village, where the incident took place, and detained eight persons.
"We had detained 8 local residents in connection with the lynching and after hour-long interrogation, arrested three of them who were directly involved in the killing," a senior official of Jalpaiguri district police told IBNS.
Earlier in the wee hours of Sunday, locals intercepted a pickup van, full of cows, at Barohalia village under Dhupguri Police Station limits in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal and lynched two passengers of the van, after suspecting them to be cattle thieves.
The deceased have been identified as Anwar Hossain (19) and Hafizul Sheikh (19) who were the residents of neighbouring Coochbehar district and Dhubri district of Assam respectively.
Local police officials said that their probe in the case is on and others, involved in the lynching, will be booked soon.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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