In an incident of mob justice, a youth was allegedly lynched over suspicion of bike theft in Gajabandha village under the Barpali police station of Subarnapur district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Jogeshwar Meher (22) of Gajabandha village.
As per reports, Jogeshwar was on his way from Rampur by his bike when a mob suddenly attacked him at Balitikra for his suspected role in a bike theft that had taken occurred in October.
The attackers kept thrashing him until he collapsed. Getting information, police shifted Jogeshwar to the Barpali hospital but he succumbed to the injuries.
Sources said one Rajendra Bhoi of Baliktikra had filed a complaint regarding theft of his bike on October 27 and Jogeshwar was one of the suspects. This may have led to the attack on him, police said.
“My nephew had gone to see a opera show at Pandkital. While returning, seven youths from Balitikra intercepted him. They then abducted him and beat him to death. There was no past enmity as per my knowledge. Police have arrested seven persons but we believe two or three more persons are involved,” alleged the deceased’s uncle Nurpuraj Meher.
Police has detained seven persons in this connection after registering a case and sent the body for postmortem.