Bhopal : A 58-year-old man was beaten to death by a mob in Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch district on suspicion of stealing peacocks, police said on Saturday. Nine people have been arrested in connection with the case.
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Police also said that they have recovered four peacock carcasses following the incident in Lasuriya Aatri village on Friday night.
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Kukdeshwar police station’s Inspector Anuradha Grewal told IANS that the mob thrashed three people for stealing peacocks, leading to one of them – Heera Lal – dying on way to the hospital.
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According to the police officer, the peacock carcasses were recovered from the three people, while nine of the 10 accused in the lynching had been arrested.
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In recent days, three people were beaten in Neemuch and their motorcycle set ablaze after accusations they had stolen a goat. Police have arrested eight people in this connection.
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Concerned at the rising incidence of mob violence in the state, Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Saturday said that his government is looking at bringing an anti-lynching law.