Lynching is becoming increasingly common in Bihar. There are periodic reports of mob fury and vigilante justice. A jail warden from West Bengal was beaten to death by villagers who mistook him for a thief. They dumped his body outside a hospital.

 

Shiv Singh (52) was posted as jail warden in West Bengal’s Purulia district contiguous to Bihar. He was suffering from schizophrenia. He was mistaken to be a thief and was beaten to death in the wee hours on May 2 (Friday), Vijay Kumar, the station house officer (SHO), Ribilganj police station, told the local media.
 
Four days ago, Singh left his house in Bajrai village in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh. He was sauntering along the lanes and by-lanes at late night when villagers came across him. Thinking he was a thief, the villagers did not even bother to question him but started assaulting him. They dumped his body outside the emergency ward of a hospital.

 
Lynching is becoming increasingly common in Bihar. There have been a number of incidents recently of mob fury. Last September, nine people were beaten to death on suspicion of being thieves in a village but later, police inquiries revealed that they were innocent.