West Bengal: Two separate mob lynchings within 72 hours result in the deaths of three Muslim men accused of cow/goat theft.

In two separate incidents in West Bengal, three Muslim men were killed by mobs within a span of 72 hours. In both cases, the assailant mobs accused the deceased of cow or goat theft.

In the initial incident, a mob beat two Muslim men to death, accusing them of cow theft. The victims, residents of South 24 Parganas, faced the attack in South Mainna village of Navgram in the East Vandaman Jamalpur block. Police filed a case, and heightened security measures were in place in the area.

In the second incident, in Haribhaktapur, West Bengal, a Muslim man named Ruhul Amin Sheikh was lynched on allegations of goat theft.