Ansari was killed by a mob on June 17 at Dhatkidih village in Seraikela-Kharsawan district when he and two of his associates allegedly tried to enter a house with an intention to commit theft, a senior police officer said.
Citing the autopsy report which stated that Ansari died of 'cardiac arrest', the Jharkhand Police dropped murder charge and filed a chargesheet under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder).
Jharkhand police cited the final post mortem report of Ansari which said that he died of a "cardiac arrest" hence the murder charge under IPC section 302 was dropped against the accused.
The locals alleged that the men were moving around with a pick-up van, which already had a cow in it.
For five years, Muslims have waited patiently for the Opposition to mobilise the people against lynching.
Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai was replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha on whether incidents of mob lynching have increased in the last six months in the country.
The X-ray report indicated a fracture in his head but he was not treated for brain haemorrhage, said a police source.
Owaisi said it was unfortunate that the minds of youth, who had not seen the communal riots and demolition of Babri Masjid, were also poisoned.
