Assam: Two detained in lynching incident

The police on Monday did not term the incident as a case of ‘cow vigilantism’.

“We have picked up two persons in this connection and after investigation as to whether they were involved in yesterday’s lynching incident, we will arrest them,” PTI quoted Upadhyay as saying.

The incident was an outcome of “mob fury leading to the brutal killing of the two persons suspected to be cattle thieves”, he said.

The SP added there was no communal angle to the incident.

The two victims hailed from village Naromari Jamtola, about 2 km from Kasomari.

“We have handed over the bodies to the families after conducting the post-mortem examination and other formalities,” Upadhyay had told The Indian Express, adding, “Incidents of cattle theft has been on the rise in different parts of the district.”