Three criminals lynched by villagers in Jharkhand

September 16th, 2009 RANCHI - A Maoist guerrilla was Wednesday lynched in Jharkhand when he and a colleague went to a village to extort money and threaten the residents, police said. The incident in Segaisai village in West Singhbhum district, about 300 km from here, took place in the early hours of the morning when two members of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) went there to collect money and threaten the villagers against helping the police, officials said.

September 4th, 2009 RANCHI - A man was beaten to death after he allegedly stole valuables from three houses in Gumla district of Jharkhand, police said Saturday. Local residents killed Sosen Kujur at Joradand village of Gumla district, 145 km from state capital Ranchi, late Friday night.

September 2nd, 2009 RAMPUR - An unruly mob of over 500 villagers on Tuesday lynched a man accused of killing a teenage boy in Jharkhand's Rampur village. In Rampur village, about seven kilometres from Dumka, a youth named Bhupendar Mahato, alias Chotu, was shot with a country made pistol allegedly by Surjit Mehta.

July 5th, 2009 RANCHI - Two alleged criminals were lynched by villagers in Gumla district of Jharkhand, police said here Sunday. The duo, identified as Kuldeep Sao and Bhartu Oraon, entered Ghtgoitoli village, around 140 km from here, late Saturday night and were caught by villagers, who started beating them up with iron rods, police said.

June 27th, 2009 RANCHI - Two alleged arms smugglers, wanted by police for over a year, were arrested in this Jharkhand capital Saturday with weapons and ammunition, police said. Shamsher and Shamsuddin were arrested from near the Ranchi railway station in a joint operation by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) and the Ranchi police.

June 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Ranchi, the state capital of Jharkhand is gradually turning into a crime capital as incidents like murder, indiscriminate firing, looting banks, and snatching cash have become a normal phenomenon here, say residents. On Monday evening two bike-borne criminals fired at four places in Ranchi shooting two people to death and injuring two others in the Kokar area of Ranchi.

March 20th, 2009 RANCHI - Villagers lynched four dacoits and burnt alive eight others in Jharkhand's Pakur district, police said Thursday. The dacoits attacked Sundar Pahari village Wednesday night and looted several houses.

March 19th, 2009 RANCHI - Villagers lynched four dacoits and burnt eight to death in Jharkhand's Pakur district, police said Thursday. 'The dacoits raided Sundarpur village Wednesday night.

March 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Traders here Monday closed their shops till noon to protest the killing of three businessmen in Jharkhand in one month. Black flags were put atop shops as hundreds of businessmen and traders took out a protest march to the governor's house.

March 10th, 2009 RANCHI - A man was beaten to death by villagers in Gumla district of Jharkhand, police said Tuesday. Dileep Kujur, who was released from jail last week, allegedly tried to snatch a woman's gold chain in Derangdih village, about 160 km from here, Monday night.

February 24th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - In a case of street justice, four criminals were lynched after residents caught them trying to burgle a house here, the police said Monday. The four men entered the house of Ramesh Bhardwaj in Balram Nagar locality here Sunday night while the family was away at a marriage in Noida, according to the police.

February 7th, 2009 RANCHI - Security agencies in Jharkhand propose roping in villagers through inducement of rewards up to Rs.1.2 million to help in capturing Maoist rebels in the state, police here said. 'The proposal has been sent to the governor's house for final approval.

February 1st, 2009 RANCHI - Residents of a Jharkhand village lynched three Maoist rebels who attempted to abduct a contractor but failed, police said Monday. The rebels abducted Sanjay Mahto, a contractor involved in constructing a panchayat building, Sunday night from Hesalpidi village, around 45 km from Ranchi district headquarters.

January 24th, 2009 RANCHI - Villagers poisoned a wild tusker to death in Khuti district of Jharkhand after it wreaked havoc on their standing crop and houses, said a forest official Sunday. 'Primary investigations reveal that the wild elephant was poisoned Friday.

January 4th, 2009 RANCHI - Villagers chased and lynched a man they suspected to be a Maoist rebel in Jamshedpur district of Jharkhand Monday, the police said. The villagers were angry as earlier in the day members of the outlawed group had gunned down a man in the same district.