India, Sept. 23 -- A 32-year-old Madhya Pradesh man was lynched as he was returning home after buying a cow at a cattle fair in Rajasthan's Bhilwara last week, police said on Tuesday, and added that five people have been arrested for the murder.

Moti Lal, the in charge of Bhilwara's Banera police station, said a case was lodged on September 17, a day after Sheru Susadiya, 32, who was from Mandasaur, was killed. "Five people were arrested."

Susadiya and his brother, Mohsin, were returning from Bhilwara's Lambiya cattle fair when a group of people started chasing them. In his complaint, Sheru's cousin, Manzoor Pemla, said about 15 to 20 people pulled the two brothers out of their van and started beating them with rods and sticks. "Sheru a...