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Ranchi: Ranchi police on Tuesday suspended three officers in connection with the alleged mob lynching of a youth under Kotwali police station area on Sunday night. A senior officer said sub-inspector Vaibhav Singh and assistant sub-inspectors Vijay Shankar Singh and Vishram Tiggawere punished for administrative lapses on their part after Sachin Kumar Verma (22) was thrashed to death on suspicion of being involved in vehicle theft.
Though police claimed it rescued the person on getting information and sent him to hospital, allegations have been raised that police delayed the treatment process by keeping the victim at the police station. Meanwhile the police have arrested two persons in connection with the incident.
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RANCHI: A 22-year-old youth identified as Sachin Kumar Verma was lynched by a mob early on Monday at Nawatoli under Kotwali police station here on suspicion of vehicle lifting. Police have registered a case against five named persons and 30 unknown persons in the incident. While two persons were arrested, a search is on to nab the others, police said.
According to the police, Verma was loitering in the area when a mini truck (Tata 407) went missing and suspecting him to be the thief, truck owners and labourers caught hold him. They tied his hands and feet and started beating him up from midnight till 7 am on Monday inside a building in Nawatoli. The assailants also threatened to throw him into the well if he did not admit to the theft.