Jharkhand's court sets precedent for lynchers

Saraikela Kharsawan, Agencies: A court in Jharkhand’s SeraikelaKharswan district on Wednesday sentenced 10 people to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in the Tabrez Ansari lynching case of 2019.

Accusing him of trying to steal a motorcycle, a mob beat up Ansari on June 17 of that year.

A video showed that the 24-year-old man was purportedly made to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' and 'Jai Hanuman' in the Saraikela Kharsawan district of Jharkhand. He died five days later.

Additional District Judge-I Amit Shekhar convicted the 10 and acquitted two other accused.