People at Tetrai Village lynched a thief to death last night under Panki police station. Confirming this, the officer-in-charge of the Panki Police Station Nageshwar Rajak said the deceased identified as Ajay Kumar Singh (25) of Chapar Village sneaked into the house of a teacher Ashok Sharma.
The thief entered the house through the roof and was committing theft when the inmates of the house woke up and raised an alarm. The thief was caught by people who gathered last night between 1.30 to 2 am and beat him to die. Police said the body was sent for post mortem in Daltonganj. The police have registered an FIR against unidentified people for this lynching of thief to death, said Rajak.