In a horrifying incident, four villagers in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district beat up a man to death for alleged cow slaughter. The victim’s friend is reportedly to be seriously injured.
The victim was reportedly beaten up by with sticks and stones late on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. The villagers attacked a group of men after accusing them of slaughtering a cow.
In the wake of Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s two-day visit to the state, security has been tightened in the area.
The victim who lost his life has been identified as 45-year-old Siraz. He died on the spot while his friend Shakeel, 33, was seriously injured. Other people who were attacked managed to flee the spot.
The four accused have been arrested, police said.
The accused, on getting information that two persons were slaughtering a cow at a forest area in Anjar village, reached the spot and carried the attack.
Sub-Divisional Officer of Police, Maiher area, Arvind Tiwari, said they recovered “beef” and carcass of a slaughtered bull from the spot.
As per the investigation, the deceased was beaten with lathis (sticks), he said.
On getting information about the incident, the police reached the spot and rushed the injured person for treatment to a hospital in Jabalpur district, Tiwari said.
The police have arrested four persons — Pawan Singh (35), Vijay Singh (26), Phool Singh (36) and Narayan Singh (28) — in connection with the incident, he said.
(With agency inputs)