A mob of more than 100 people in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district lynched a 45-year-old Muslim trader on the suspicion of carrying beef in his car on Thursday afternoon. In May, people lynched four Muslim cattle traders at a village in Saraikelka Kharswan district after calling them child traffickers. Cows are considered sacred by many Hindus, and slaughtering cattle or eating beef is illegal or restricted across much of the country. Ali of Monua village in Ramgarh district, nearly 50km from Ranchi, was allegedly carrying four sacks of meat weighing around 200kg. Ali died minutes after he was admitted to the bigger hospital.

Source: Hindustan Times June 29, 2017 13:34 UTC