Jharkhand beef lynching case: BJP leader among 11 sentenced to life imprisonment for killing Ramgarh man
A fast track court in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district on Wednesday awarded 11 people, including a BJP leader, life imprisonment for killing a person on charges of carrying beef
Ranchi: A fast track court in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district on Wednesday awarded 11 people, including a BJP leader, life imprisonment for killing a person on charges of carrying beef.
Representational image. CNN News18
According to a lawyer, the court convicted 11 people including BJP's Nityanand Mahto on 16 March.
A mob killed Alimuddin on charges of carrying of carrying beef in Ramgarh district on 29 June last year. The trial was monitored by the Jharkhand High Court.
During the trial, the prosecutor produced 19 witnesses and 59 documents. The accused were convicted under different sections of the Indian Penal Code
Last year, a dozen people were lynched in Jharkhand on charges of lifting children and carrying beef.
also read
ED arrests Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal in money laundering case
Earlier this month, ED conducted raids at Pulse Hospital, Ranchi. The hospital is owned by Abhishek Jha, husband of Pooja Singhal
Jharkhand: IAS Pooja Singhal, her CA sent to four more days of ED remand
Singhal, who was the secretary of the Department of Mines and Geology and the managing director of Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation Limited, had served as the deputy commissioner of the state's Khunti district between 2009 and 2010
Jharkhand: NIA files chargesheet against 11 accused, including BSF officer, for arms pilferage and supply to terror organisations
The chargesheet has been filed in NIA Special Court in Ranchi. The BSF officer, identified as Kartik Behera, was dismissed from service after his name emerged in the case