Two men lynched in Jharkhand’s Godda district

2018-06-13

Main Information

  • Victim Names Sirabuddin Ansari, Murtuza Ansari
  • Date of Incident 2018-06-13
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Kaleshwar Soren, Kishan Tudu, Harjohan Kisku, Murmu
  • State Jharkhand
  • City/District Godda, Bankatti Village, Godda,Jharkhand
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Bankatti Village, Godda,Jharkhand
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

Two Muslim men were lynched by a tribal mob in Godda district of Jharkhand. They were lynched on the accusation of buffalo theft from a man named Murmu. On realizing the missing buffaloes, the tribal mob started searching for the buffalo and found them with the two men including three others. The three others managed to flee while these two men were lynched to death. Police arrested four people in the lynching, including Murmu.