Translations:2018 Satna mob lynching/11/en
According to Superintendent of Police Rajesh Hingerkar, a group of men went to a forest area after hearing that two men were slaughtering a cow there, and beat one of them to death.[1] The victims were a 45-year-old tailor from Maihar town, identified as Riaz by Deccan Chronicle and as Siraj by The Quint, and his friend Shakeel.[2][1] Other men in their group fled.[2] The attack took place on the night between 17 and 18 May 2018.[3]