Rajasthan: Mob assaults two for stealing tyres, police files case

UDAIPUR: In yet another case of mob violence, unknown assailants thrashed two men after they were caught with stolen tyres in Nimbahera of Chittorgarh district.
Upon the theft complaint, Nimbahera (Sadar) police lodged a case and arrested the thieves who were later released as per the directions of the high court over not keeping the accused on offences punishable less than three years.
After the accused were released, police got to know of video clips that went viral on the social media where the thieves were seen being tortured by a mob. Hurriedly, police lodged another case and have named five persons for the assault.
The complainant Sattar Khan had on May 23 given a complaint at the Sadar police station claiming that someone stole eight tyres from his shop at Ranikheda Circle past midnight. Next day, Sattar and his aides took two men Jameel, son of Babu Khan, and Komal, son of Phoolchand Khatik, and handed them to the cops at the station where the accused confessed to their crime.
However, the accused did not tell police that they had been brutally beaten up by the mob. Police arrested Jameel and Komal and later released them as they couldn’t be jailed as per the court directives. Later, on Tuesday, two video clips went viral on the social media wherein Jameel and Komal were seen being severely thrashed by some men. Investigation officer Suraj Kumar said, a case of physical assault has been registered and an investigation is under way, the culprits would be nabbed soon.