Man lynched over cow theft suspicion in Assam's Tinsukia, 12 nabbed

A 28-year-old man was beaten to death at a village in Tinsukia district of Assam by a mob that suspected him as a cow thief on Saturday.

A 28-year-old man was beaten to death at a village in Tinsukia district of Assam by a mob that suspected him as a cow thief, police said. The police have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional SP (Headquarter), to probe the case and have already nabbed 12 suspects from the village, he said. The incident was reported at Korjonga Borpathar village under Baghjan police station during the wee hours when the two were allegedly found inside the cowshed of a house, Tinsukia Superintendent of Police Debojit Deuri told India Today TV.