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Mob pours acid into man's eyes in Bihar
A mob thrashed a man and poured acid into his eyes in a village in Bihar's Purnea district, the police said here yesterday.
- IANS
- Published: 00:09 May 8, 2008
Patna: A mob thrashed a man and poured acid into his eyes in a village in Bihar's Purnea district, the police said here yesterday.
Binay Yadav alias Pappu Yadav, in his 30s, was described by the police as a suspect in a murder case.
He was caught by residents of Radhnagar village under the jurisdiction of the Banmankhi police station, about 350 km from the state capital here.
"A police team rescued the seriously injured Yadav and sent him to a government hospital for treatment," a police official said.
The incident comes a day after a Dalit youth was tortured and beaten to death by a mob in Mallikpura village in Vaishali district, about 50 km from here. He was suspected to have stolen a water pump.
Mob violence in the name of justice is common in rural Bihar. Over three dozen lynching incidents were reported last year and over two dozen cases have been reported in the last four months.
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