Jharkhand: Cow-related lynching reported from Giridih district
The mob attacked the house of one Usman Ansari on Tuesday evening after some people alleged they saw carcass of a cow in front of Ansari's home, media reports said.
They beat up Ansari and set his house on fire.
The police rescued Ansari and his family in the face of opposition from the crowd and took him to hospital.
The crowd pelted the police with stones, forcing them to fire several round in the air to disperse the mob, the police informed the media. Several policemen were injured in the stone pelting, a senior official said.
A person identified as Krishna Pandit was also injured in the clash between the mob and the police.
Ansari, along with Pandit, were later removed to a hospital in Dhanbad and are recovering, according to media reports.
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