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He added that four persons-munshi Murmu, Kaleshwar Soren, Kishan Tudu and Harjohan Kisku--have been arrested in connection with the lynching. “The situation is fully under control,” the SP said. “The deceased Sirabuddin Ansari, a resident of nearby Muslim dominated Taaljhari village, had a criminal background and several cases against him are pending at different police stations. The other deceased Murtaza Ansari was a resident of Banjhi village,” Singh added. The incident is a reminder of a series of mob lynching cases of Muslim cattle traders that rocked the state last year with chief minister Raghubar Das pulling up the police machinery and fixing responsibility of officers for any mob lynching incident reported from their area. The incidents also featured in Parliament, with several opposition leaders questioning the government’s seriousness in cracking down on cow vigilantism.

Last year, Bjp-ruled Jharkhand witnessed a series of mob lynching cases involving Muslim cattle traders. In May, a mob lynched four Muslim cattle traders at a village in Saraikelka Kharswan district after accusing them of being child traffickers. In the following month, a 100-strong mob in Ramgarh lynched a 55-year-old Muslim trader Alimuddin for “carrying beef in his car”.

The Ramgarh lynching case was the first case related to cow vigilantism in which 12 accused had been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a special fast track court within a record six-month time.

ACCORDING TO VILLAGERS, THE MOB WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE BUFFALOES FOUND 5 MEN TOWING THE STOLEN CATTLE