Jharkhand: Prime accused in stoning, burning of BJP worker arrested

Thirty-two-year-old Sanju Pradhan was stoned to death and his body set on fire by a mob barely 100 metres from his home near Besrajara Bazar in Kolebira police station area on January 4

The prime accused in the stoning and burning of a BJP worker in Jharkhand’s Simdega district for allegedly illegally felling trees, which is against local tribal traditions, has been arrested, police said on January 10.

Thirty-two-year-old Sanju Pradhan was stoned to death and his body set on fire by a mob barely 100 metres from his home near Besrajara Bazar in Kolebira police station area on January 4.

Village headman Subun Bud, the prime accused in the case, was nabbed on January 9 following a massive manhunt, taking the total number of arrests in the case to eight. The search for five other accused named in the FIR is underway.