A youth in Simdega district was allegedly burnt to death by the mob on the charge of illegally cutting the forest tree. The deceased is identified as 32- years old Sanju Pradhan and the additional police force has been deployed as the incident has sparked tension in the area.
The deceased used to sell woods and villagers alleged the deceased illegally cut forest trees despite the repeated warning.
The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon around 2 PM at Besrajara locality under Kolebira police station of the district. Villagers first called the accused from his residence. They demanded he must confess he illegally cut forest trees.
But when the deceased denied allegations, villagers dragged and started hitting him with stones. Later on, they put him on the wood log and allegedly set him on fire.
The mother and the wife of the deceased Sapna Devi kept crying for the life of Pradhan.
Villagers said that they informed the forest department about the deceased cutting the forest tree but he ignored all warnings.
Villagers even prevented the police from entering the village. Later on, Simdega SP Shams Tabrez, SDPO Devid A Dodrai, officer in charge of police stations of Bano, Thethaitangar and Kolebira came to the village. Police, later on, seized the half-burnt body of the deceased.
An FIR was lodged and raids are being carried to arrest accused persons.