Tripura Youth Thrashed to Death for Allegedly Stealing Cows

Agartala, December 23, 2019:

In the latest case of mob lynching reported from Tripura, Matin Mia, who was lynched by villagers on Saturday, breathed his last at the Melaghar hospital, on Sunday.

On Saturday, Matin Mia was mercilessly beaten by the villagers after he was accused of being a cow lifter. The incident took place at Gorurband village of Sonamura subdivision in Sepahijala district.

According to the villagers, on Saturday night, a group of thieves entered the house of a certain Tapan Bhowmik to lift cattle from his house. Some villagers heard the barking of dogs at the Barnarayan area and after they saw some people running with cows, they gave chase. According to the villagers, Mia was caught while the others managed to flee.

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The villagers beat him and on Sunday morning police rescued him from the spot. He was send to Melaghar hospital, where he died.

But the place where Matin Mia was caught by the villagers, and the house of Tapan Bhowmik, whose cattle was lifted, has a distance of 4 kms. Moreover, there have been reports that Mia was beaten based on rumors and there is no evidence to suggest that he actually lifted the cows.

32-year-old Matin Mia was a resident of Kulubari village of Sonamura and the villagers of the village are very angry over this incident and the tension prevails in that area.

This year in September and July, two more mob lynching cases were reported from Tripura, which resulted in the victims' deaths. In last year, as many as five people died in Tripura due to mob lynching.

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