In a bizarre incident of cannibalism reported in Gorakhpur, a tribal couple and other person lynched their compatriot and took out his liver and ate it. One person was arrested in this connection by the local police who also seized some pieces of the cooked liver of the deceased and sent it for examination. Reports said that the incident occurred on Wednesday night, when four labourers at a brick kiln field at Bhoga village in Sonbarsa area of Gorakhpur clashed following dispute during gambling on Wednesday evening. One Janak lohar, a native of Gumla, in Jharkhand, along with other two more labourers identified as Pawan and Sonu, killed Pappu. later Janak called his wife Radha and they took out the liver from the body of Pappu and she cooked it. later the trio— Janak, Radha and Pawan ate some portion of the cooked
liver and threw some of it. Police has arrested Pawan, who had disclosed all the details about the incident. While some pieces of the liver along with the sharp weapon by which the liver was taken out of the body have been recovered by the police. However, Janak, his wife Radha and Sonu were absconding.