Translations:2017 Chopra lynching/13/en
On 22 June 2017 three men were beaten to death by residents of a village in Uttar Dinajpur who accused them of stealing cows from a house there.[1][2] The Quint, citing The Indian Express, reported that about ten men had entered the village and stolen cows from two houses, and that residents chased and beat those they caught.[1] The victims were identified as Nasirul Haque, 30, of Kutipara; Mohammad Samiruddin, 32, of Kandarpara; and Mohammad Nasir, 33, of Dhalugunj.[1]