Godda, Jan. 11 -- A 45-year-old Muslim man was brutally beaten to death on Wednesday, January 8, after a mob accused him of stealing cattle in Jharkhand's Godda district, near the state's border with Bihar.

The victim, identified as Pappu Ansari, who hails from Ranipur village, which falls under the Pathargama Police Station, was returning home from Shyam Bazaar cattle market in Bihar's Banka when the incident took place.

His family claimed that a mob of 20 to 25 people used sharp weapons, including an axe, a farsa and arrows, and severely injured him after checking he was a Muslim by stripping him.

The mob had initially stopped his vehicle on the pretext of questioning, but the incident soon turned violent, prompting Pappu to ask the ...