Dalit beaten to death by villagers

The incident took place in Purani Semapur village as villagers pounced on the man and merciless beat him to death after suspecting him to a be thief.

A Dalit man was beaten to death by a group of people in a village under Semapur police station area in Bihar's Katihar district on Wednesday morning, police sources said.

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The incident took place in Purani Semapur village as villagers pounced on Anil Ram (30) and merciless beat him to death after suspecting him to a be thief, sources said.

The body has been sent for post-mortem and a probe has been ordered into the incident, police said, adding the victim was the son of a secondary school teacher, Yogenra Prasad Ram.