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Ranchi: In another act of savagery, two Muslim men, who were herding their buffaloes on their way to market, were thrashed and killed by cattle-protection vigilantes in Latehar district here on Friday, report claimed.
The two men were hanged from a tree after being mercilessly beaten up by an unruly mob.
As per a Times of India report, those killed were identified as Muhammad Majloom, 35, and Azad Khan alias Ibrahim, 15, who were cattle traders. Their bodies were strung up with their hands tried behind their backs and their mouths stuffed with cloth.
“Hindu radicals were behind the killings,” Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) Prakash Ram was quoted as saying by TOI.
The police is now gathering details about the assailants and has lodged an FIR against unknown persons.
The killing of two men sparked outraged among the villagers who claimed that the assailants had targeted them in the past too.
In Dadri case, a Muslim man was killed over rumours of beef eating.
Another Dadri-like incident? Two Muslims herding cattle killed in Jharkhand | Zee News