West Bengal: Man lynched for suspected role in murder

Kolkata: A youth was lynched in a broad daylight by an angry mob suspecting his role in the murder of another at Chinsurah in Hooghly. 

On Friday morning, the body of Sheikh Sameer was found lying in an abandoned hospital at Pankhatuli. 

He was last seen with Sheikh Patal, known to be a drug-addict in the area, on the night of Kali Puja. Sameer however did not return home. Local residents searched for him leading to the recovery of the body in a room of the hospital. 

According to them, the surrounding areas of Hooghlyghat railway station have become a den of drug-peddlers. The body was sent for post-mortem. 

Furious, they caught Patal and thrashed him on the road even as he pleaded for mercy. They suspected that Patal was involved in the murder as he was last seen with Sameer.

 Later Patal’s lifeless body was thrown away in a pond. The police later recovered the body and sent it for post-mortem. A case on murder charge was initiated in the second incident. No one was arrested by the police so far. The police also started a separate case into the death of Sameer.