Mob Justice: Murder accused roundly thrashed in Bihar

In yet another instance of vigilante justice, a youth, in police custody for allegedly murdering his friend over a petty dispute, was brutally beaten up by a mob in a government hospital in Hajipur.

In yet another instance of vigilante justice, a youth, in police custody for allegedly murdering his friend over a petty dispute, was brutally beaten up by a mob in a government hospital in Hajipur on Saturday.

Ravi Kumar, a college student who fatally stabbed his roommate Om Prakash for using a mobile phone this morning, was forcibly snatched by a violent crowd from policemen who were escorting him.

The youth, who was in handcuffs, was dragged outside the hospital, kicked and mercilessly hit with bricks, official sources said.

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TV footage showed him writhing in pain as policemen with batons in their hands and rifles slung on their shoulders watched helplessly.

Kumar was injured in the fight with his roommate who had died on way to the Patna Medical College and Hospital, the sources said.

He was arrested and taken to Hajipur Sadar Hospital.

As the news of Om Prakash’s death spread, scores of people collected at the hospital, seized the youth from police and roundly thrashed him.

Hajipur is in Vaishali district where ten suspected thieves, belonging to nomadic community, were bludgeoned to death in Dehelpurwa village on September 13, 2007.

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A suspected thief was beaten to death at Sahdullahpur village in Vaishali district again on February 15, 2008.

Two vehicle lifters were lynched by a mob in Haripur Kalan village in Araria district the same day.