By Indiatimes
Three people were allegedly lynched in the Kowai district of Tripura on suspicion of cattle theft in the early hours of Sunday. Villagers of Namanjoypara spotted a mini-truck heading towards Agartala carrying five cattle around 430 am. They chased it and managed to stop the vehicle near North Maharanipur village. The villagers started thrashing the three people with lethal weapons and lynched two of them while the other managed to flee.
In yet another case of lynching, three people were allegedly lynched in the Kowai district of Tripura on suspicion of cattle theft in the early hours of Sunday.
Villagers of Namanjoypara spotted a mini-truck heading towards Agartala, carrying five cattle, around 4.30 am, Superintendent of Police Kiran Kumar said.
They chased it and managed to stop the vehicle near North Maharanipur village, he said.
The villagers started thrashing the three people on the mini-truck with “lethal weapons”, and lynched two of them, while the other managed to flee, he told news agency PTI.
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