Two men were lynched at a village in Patna district while trying to flee after they shot dead another man on Wednesday evening. The incident took place at Sabbalpur. SHO Sakendra Kumar said that the deceased Munna Das and Ajeet Kumar murdered Jitendra Sahni when he refused to let them join a card game.
SP (rural) Kantesh Kumar Mishra said Munna’s identity was ascertained within hours of the incident, but Ajeet was identified only on Thursday. “Munna was accused in several criminal cases...Additional force has been deployed in the area for maintaining law and order,” Mishra said.