Chatra, February 18 Four people have been arrested for allegedly beating a 40-year-old man with mental disabilities to death in Chatra district, Jharkhand, suspecting him to be a "child kidnapper," police said on Wednesday.
The incident occurred on Sunday night in the Piparwar police station area, they said.
Residents of Chiraiyatand and Kichto villages attacked Rambali Rajwar, a resident of Barwatoli in Ramgarh district. He died at RIMS-Ranchi on Monday.
"We have arrested four people in connection with the case. The accused were arrested within 24 hours of the FIR being filed, based on video footage," SP Sumit Kumar Agarwal said.
Those arrested have been identified as Prayag Mahto (40), Mahendra Mahto alias Tarun Mahto (28), Surendra Mahto (32), and Basant Munda (25).
A case was registered based on the statement of the deceased person's brother, Bhuvneshwar Rajwar, the SP said.
Bhuvneshwar told the police that his brother had been mentally ill for some time.
