Indian Tribal News Service
Bhopal
In a gruesome incident, two tribals were lynched by a mob on suspicion of cow smuggling in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh. A third person received serious injuries. The incident,
took place at Simaria under Kurai police station limits between 2:30 am and 3 am on Monday.
The injured person, who is also the complainant in the case as well as the Congress alleged that Bajrang Dal activists were involved in the incident of mob-lynching.
“Two tribal men have died. It was alleged a group of 15-20 people went to the victims’ house, accused them of killing a cow and assaulted them. The two men died while being taken to hospital and another sustained minor injuries. A postmortem is yet to be conducted,” Additional Superintendent of Police SK Maravi said
“A case of murder has been registered at the Kuarai police station and police teams are searching for the accused. Some of the accused are named (in the complaint) and others are unidentified. We have taken 2-3 suspects into custody. Some 12 kilograms of meat has been found in the victims’ house,” Maravi pointed out.
The complainant Brajesh Batti said the mob was hitting Sampat Batti, a resident of Sagar, and Simaria resident Dhansa with sticks when he arrived at the spot, and he, too, was assaulted.
State Congress president Kamal Nath tweeted, “I demand from the government that strict action be taken against the culprits by announcing a high-level inquiry into this incident. All possible help should be given to the families of the victims and arrangements for treatment of the injured man at government expense.”
He said the kin of the deceased and local residents have claimed that the Bajrang Dal was involved in the incident.
Congress MLA Kakodia, who has been sitting on a ‘dharna’ to protest the incident, claimed the attackers comprised Bajrang Dal members and called for a ban on the right-wing outfit. He also demanded that the kin of the victims be given Rs 1 crore.
