A Muslim man suspected of stealing a bike was tied to a pole, made to chant “Jai Shri Ram” and brutally beaten for hours by a mob in Jharkhand’s Seraikela Kharsawan district last week. The man, Tabrez Ansari, 22, died of his injuries later.
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At least five policemen were killed when suspected Maoists attacked a police patrol party in an area under West Bengal’s Tiruldih police station in the Jharkhand-Bengal border. After killing the policemen, the Maoists fled with their weapons.
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A tribal theatre activist, Jeetrai Hansda, has been arrested in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Jharkhand almost two years after he posted a comment asserting his community’s right to eat beef.
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Economist-activist Jean Dreze and two other “Right to Food” activists were detained by the Jharkhand Police in Garhwa district, on Thursday, for allegedly organizing a public meeting without taking permission from police.
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