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Guwahati : Another horrific mob lynching incident was happened in the north eastern region and now it happened in Manipur.
A 26-year-old MBA student was lynched to death by a mob on suspicion of being bike thief.
The incident took place at Tharoijam Awang Leikai under Lamsgang assembly constituency in Manipur’s Imphal West district on September 13.
According to the reports, the victim identified as Farooq Ahmed Khan, a MBA student from Lilong Haoreibi area in Thoubal district was attacked by a mob, when they were travelled in the area on September 13 morning.
The mob had torched the car in which Khan and his two friends were travelling.
Two others with Khan had managed to escape from the area.
Locals alleged that, the youths were caught by the villagers when they were stealing a two-wheeler from the area.
Meanwhile, Manipur police have registered a case under section 302,117 and 34 of IPC and arrested five people in connection with the incident.
Manipur police said that, investigation is going on and 13 people who attacked the youth have been identified and will be arrested soon.
On the other hand, different groups of the north eastern state have asked the state government to conduct a proper investigation into the incident.
The Manipur Human Rights Commission has also registered a suo moto case and directed the Director General of Police of Manipur to submit a report by September 22.
Earlier, a mob had attacked two people on suspicion of being child lifters in the state in July last.
On June 8 last, the youths hailing from Guwahati were beaten to death by locals in the name of child kidnapper (locally called xupadhora) at Panjuri Kacharigaon village near Kangthailangso under Dokmoka police station in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
