In Chatra and Bokaro districts of Jharkhand, a mentally challenged man was beaten to death, and six women from Uttar Pradesh were assaulted by mobs due to suspicions of child abduction.
The 45-year-old man, allegedly severely beaten in Chatra district due to suspicions of child abduction, died at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi on Monday.
The incident occurred on Sunday night in Piparwar police station area, where residents of Chiraiyatand and Kichto villages brutally attacked the victim.
The victim, Rambali Rajwar, was identified as a resident of Barwatoli in Ramgarh police station area of Ramgarh district.
Police officer Abhay Kumar of Piparwar police station said, "The victim died during treatment at RIMS in Ranchi on Monday. This is a clear case of mob violence, and police are conducting a thorough investigation. They are focused on identifying those involved in the assault."
An FIR will be filed, and the situation will become clearer once the victim's autopsy report is received. So far, no arrests have been made.
The victim had gone to the area on Sunday night, after which a group of people brutally attacked him. After the incident was reported, a team from Piparwar police station rescued him and took him to Bachra Regional Hospital, from where he was transferred to RIMS for better treatment.
Bhuvneshwar Rajwar, the victim's brother, said their family comes from Barwatoli village in Ramgarh district, but they currently live in McCluskieganj in Ranchi district.
He said his deceased brother was mentally ill, and the family had been keeping him at home.
The day before the incident, he left the house without informing anyone and went to Chiriyatand, where people mistook him for a child abductor and severely attacked him.
In another incident, six women from Uttar Pradesh were allegedly assaulted by a group of people in Jharkhand's Bokaro district on Monday.
The incident occurred near a bridge on the Damodar River in Gandhi Nagar police station area, when locals spotted a group of women and suspected them of child abduction, leading to their assault.
Gandhi Nagar police station in-charge Dhananjay Kumar Singh told
