Jharkhand mob lynching: Accused avoid murder charges as autopsy claims Tabrez died of cardiac arrest
Patna: Murder charges against the accused in the Jharkhand mob lynching case were dropped as the post-mortem report claimed victim Tabrez Ansari died of a cardiac arrest, media reports said.
Police said they have filed charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against 11 of 12 men who were accused of lynching Tabrez.
The 12th accused was arrested on Sunday after he had surrendered.
In June this year, Muslim man Tabrez, 24, from Jharkhand was beaten up in Kharsawa district of the state over suspicion of theft and was also forced to chant "Jai Shree Ram" and "Jai Hanuman".
The man later succumbed to injuries.
In a video which went viral, 24-year old Tabrez Ansari was seen being beaten up by one of the two men with a stick. Ansari was beaten up for over 18 hours till he was handed over to police on June 18. The victim was brought to hospital but died on June 22 after his health worsened.
Ansari, a welder and labourer in Pune, had visited his village in Jharkhand's Kharsawan district to celebrate Eid with his family.
On June 18, he had left for Jamshedpur with two men, who had fled midway and the accused attacked Ansari. The victim, however, had denied all charges and said the other two men were guilty.
Ansari's wedding was also arranged by his family during the visit to village.
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