Jharkhand: Gumla migrant killed by wife, lover & his aide; all 3 lynched

GUMLA: Two men and a woman were lynched by residents of Dangarhdih village in Gumla late on Monday night after the men allegedly strangulated the woman’s husband to death, police said on Tuesday. No arrests were made till the time this report was filed.
Sudeep Dungdung (24) and his associate Prakash Kullu (21) allegedly killed Maryanus Kujur (40) after he voiced his displeasure over Dungdung’s relationship with his wife Lilam (36). Locals later tied Dungdung, Kullu and Lilam to a tree and thrashed the trio with sticks, killing them on the spot.
Police said Kujur and Dungdung worked together as masons in Pune and had known each other since 2018. After they returned home during the lockdown, Dungdung, a resident of Tainser-Nongadha village in Simdega district, met Lilam and got into a relationship with her, sources said.
Raidih police station in-charge Sanjay Kumar said, “On Monday morning, Dungdung and Kullu informed their families that they are going to buy a motorcycle, but they reached Kujur’s village. The three of them got drunk and an inebriated Kujur raised objected to Dungdung’s affair with his wife. An altercation ensued and Dungdung and Kullu strangulated Kujur to death in connivance with Lilam.”
Kujur’s children woke up due to the commotion and ran to seek help from their relatives nearby. “Finding Kujur dead, his brothers raised an alarm and assembled some villagers. They found Dungdung and Kullu hiding in a cowshed. The locals dragged them out tied them to a tree and beat them up with sticks,” Kumar said.
The villagers then turned attacked Lilam and tied her up. “She was also beaten with sticks and traditional weapons as locals held her responsible for Kujur’s death. All of them died on the spot,” Kumar added.
Gumla SP Hrudeep P Janardhan, who visited the spot on Tuesday, said, “Prima facie, it appears that Dungdung was called to the village by Lilam. Two separate FIRs will be lodged in the incident,” he said. Ranchi DIG Akhilesh Kumar Jha also visited the village in the afternoon.