Jharkhand: BJP leader, 10 others get life-term for lynching Muslim trader

A 40-year-old meat trader was beaten to death by a mob in June 2017 suspicion that he was carrying beef in his vehicle

A fast track court here on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment for 11 people for lynching a meat trader in June last year over the suspicion that he was carrying beef in his car. The accused include BJP’s local media in-charge Nityanand Mahto.

Judge Om Prakash found the 11 people guilty under various sections of the IPC, including 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting with deadly weapons) and 149 (unlawful assembly).

A group of people had lynched Alimuddin Ansari, 40, in Bazaar Tand locality of Ramgarh town on June 29, 2017, on the suspicion that he was carrying beef in his car. Forensic