Overview
- The victim, a class 9 student identified as Sambit Bindhani, died after villagers in Mayurbhanj allegedly tied and beat him over goat-theft accusations.
- Another boy assaulted in the same incident was hospitalized in critical condition, according to police and hospital reports.
- Police registered a murder case at Tiring police station based on a complaint from the family and detained 12 suspects after a video of the assault surfaced.
- Officers described a village ‘kangaroo court’ that declared the boys guilty before the attack, and said attempts were made to suppress the incident until the clip circulated online.
- Separate reports from Madhya Pradesh describe a minor beaten over child-theft rumors who later died in a road accident after leaving a hospital in Mandla, and a woman attacked in Chhatarpur before police intervened.