Lynching of Bihar Policeman by mob of fanatics in Bengal
Mosque loudspeakers used to mobilise the mob for the attack.
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Kishanganj (Bihar) – SHO Ashwini Kumar, a police officer, who had gone to Dinajpur, Bengal with a police force to arrest an accused was killed by a frenzied mob. Javed Ansari, another police officer from Kishanganj, said that the mob, that lynched Ashwini Kumar, was mobilised using loud speakers of a mosque. The main accused in the case, who led the mob, later killed Ashwini Kumar.
Bihar: Last rites of both SHO Ashwini Kumar and his mother were performed together yesterday at their village in Purnia district.
SHO of Kishanganj Police Station Ashwini Kumar was beaten to death by a crowd in Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal on April 10. pic.twitter.com/ISMWXd0MW1
— ANI (@ANI) April 12, 2021
Kumar’s daughter alleged that the murder was a conspiracy and demanded a CBI enquiry. She has accused Ashwini Kumar’s colleagues of hatching a conspiracy. Ashwini Kumar’s wife, has demanded for a criminal case to be filed against the police officers of Dinajpur, the place where the incident took place. The police have arrested three religious fanatics in the case so far. SHO Ashwini Kumar’s 75-year-old mother died of shock when she saw her son’s mortal remains.
Bihar: Last rites of both SHO Ashwini Kumar and his mother were performed together yesterday at their village in Purnia district.
SHO of Kishanganj Police Station Ashwini Kumar was beaten to death by a crowd in Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal on April 10. pic.twitter.com/ISMWXd0MW1
— ANI (@ANI) April 12, 2021