Satish Aditya
Motihari : Police on August 9, 2020, arrested four persons, all named accused, for lynching one Sohan Lal Rai at village Dilawarpur
under Kesariya police station in East Champaran District in North Bihar on August 7, 2020, and sent them to jail. According to police,
the rest 11 named accused in this case are absconding.
According to report reaching Motihari, headquarters of East Champaran District, Sohan Lal Rai , a resident of Dilawarpur, was assaulted by some villagers on August 7, 2020, at his village. He was rushed Primary Health Centre (PHC), Kesariya, where he succumbed to his injuries on August August 8, 2020. A case of this connection was lodged with Kesariya police station on the directive of East Champaran SP Navin Chandra Jha 36 hours after the incident.
SP ha said an FIR has been instituted against 15 accused in connection with this incident. The cause of lynching is yet to be ascertained and police are investigating the case.