Bangladeshi man lynched in West Bengal

A Bangladeshi man was beaten to death in West Bengal on Wednesday after he was caught while allegedly trying to steal cows.

The incident happened at a border village in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, reports NDTV.

Police said that a gang of Bangladeshi men crossed over to India on Tuesday night for stealing cows from a house in Barua Para in Kukurjan area of Rajganj block.

All but one member of the gang were able to flee, but the remaining man was caught and allegedly beaten to death, they said.

Three people have been arrested in connection with the lynching. The deceased was identified as Md Salam. He was a native of Panchagarh district in Rangpur division of northern Bangladesh.