Seraikela lynching incident: Police arrest 24 year old youth

Mail News Service

Jamshedpur, June 23 : Police on Sunday arrested a 23-year-old youth for allegedly lynching a 24-year-old man- identified as Tabrez Ansari at Dhatkidih village under Seraikela police station area on the night of June 18 .

The victim was a resident of Kharsawan, Tabrez was caught after stealing a motorcycle, a purse, a voter I-card and cellphone from Dhatkidih along with two of his associates. He was nabbed by a group of villagers. The villagers had also allegedly forced him  to chant ‘Jai Sri Ram’ and ‘Jai Bajrangbali.’

The villagers led by Pappu Mondal had subsequently tied Tabrez  with a cemented pole and had assaulted him throughout the night, causing him latter to die.  The villagers had subsequently called in police on June 19 morning and handed him over to him them.

The police sent Tabrez to Seraikela Divisional Jail after a medical check up and producing before a judicial magistrate the same day.

Later on Friday night Tabrez’s condition deteriorated leading the jail administration to send him to Sadar Hospital, Seraikela where he died.

The police and hospital authority had subsequently referred him to Tata Main Hospital, where the doctors on emergency duty declared him as brought dead.

The police  took the body and sent it to the Sadar Hospital in Seraikela for a post-mortem which was done under a three-member medical board on Saturday afternoon.

Kumar said in this connection, they registered a case of murder against 15-16 people on the FIR lodged by Tabrez’s widow Saista Perveen.

“As the FIR was registered we started searching for the assailants and arrested one of them, Pappu Mondal of Dhatkih village,” said the senior police officer.

” We are investigating the incident and it is very early to comment. The family members of the victim revealed about the assault and produced a video clipping of Tabrez being assaulted only after his death.  Based on that we had already registered a case of theft against Tabrez while arresting him, we asked the victim’s family members to lodge an FIR in connection with the assault meted out to the victim,” said the SDPO.