A 36-year-old man was beaten to death by a mob on the suspicion of being a cattle thief in Tripura’s Dhalai district late Tuesday night, police said. A duty officer from the state police headquarters later informed that Budhi was learnt to have entered a cattle shed of a local villager. Tripura Gau Raksha Bahini president Murtaja Uddin Chowdhury said strict punishment should be awarded to cattle thieves. In 2018, Tripura’s ruling BJP-IPFT government began implementing the ‘Tripura Lynching/Violence/Mob Violence Compensation Scheme, 2018’ for the assistance of victims. 4 lakh to families of people who die in mob violence, Rs 2 lakh to those with 80 per cent injuries, Rs.

Source: Indian Express July 03, 2019 14:01 UTC