Gumla, March 10 Four people have been arrested for allegedly beating an elderly woman to death in Gumla district, Jharkhand, suspecting her to be a "child kidnapper", police said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred on Sunday night in Lagaba village, under the Bishunpur police station area, when the 55-year-old woman was beaten with sticks and stones by a group of villagers after a rumour spread that she was a child-kidnapper, they said.
The accused have been identified as Tetra Oraon (45), Besai Oraon (45), Shivlal Oraon (50), and Etwa Oraon (60). They were arrested on Monday and have been booked under Section 103(2) of the BNS, a police officer said.
"So far, we have arrested the four aforementioned accused in the case. All four have been sent to judicial custody after they confessed to their involvement in the alleged lynching. The police are also conducting raids at multiple locations to apprehend other perpetrators. Until now, we have not been able to identify the victim woman," Officer-in-Charge Arjun Kumar Yadav told