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The Bihar constabulary person arrested 8 radical successful connection with the alleged mob lynching of Mohammad Athar Hussain (40), a cloth vendor from Gagan Dewan locality successful Nalanda territory who died at Pawapuri Hospital successful Nalanda connected December 12, 2025.
Mr. Hussain was allegedly tortured and lynched implicit his spiritual individuality connected December 5, 2025, at Bhattapur village under Roh constabulary presumption limits in Nawada district.
The constabulary registered a lawsuit connected December 6, 2025, based connected a connection from Mr. Hussain’s woman Shabnam Parveen. The complainant named 10 radical successful the FIR and stated that they had lynched her hubby connected complaint of theft.
According to the police, the lawsuit was registered under Sections 190, 191(2) and 191(3) (unlawful assembly and rioting), Sections 126(2), 115(2), 117 and 118 (grievous wounded and usage of unsafe means), Sections 109 and 74 (abetment and communal intention), and Sections 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), with murder charges added after Mr. Hussain succumbed to injuries.
‘Beaten up for hours’
Mr. Hussain’s member Mohammad Shakib shared the details of the incident with the media, saying Mr. Hussain’s in-laws unrecorded successful Marui village under Roh constabulary station limits in Nawada district.
“He utilized to stay with his household determination and travel by bicycle to earn a livelihood by selling cloth. On the evening of December 5, at around 7 p.m., while he was returning home, his bicycle tyre got punctured near Bhattapar village. On the way, helium approached immoderate radical sitting by bonfire, asking about any puncture shop nearby,” Mr. Shakib said.
He further said, “Those radical asked his sanction and arsenic soon arsenic helium revealed his name, Mohammad Athar Hussain, they began hitting him with a burning portion of wood. They past chopped disconnected his ear, feet, and fingers with pliers. They dragged him to a room and bushed him up brutally, hitting him on the head and chest. They adjacent inserted an robust rod into his anus. When helium got unconscious owed to excessive beating for hours, they threw him connected the roadside astatine midnight.”
Mr. Hussain had besides recounted his trauma earlier being taken to the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Roh, from wherever helium was referred to Nawada Sadar Hospital and later to Pawapuri, where helium died.
‘Sole breadstuff victor for the family’
Ms. Parveen besides claimed that her hubby was beaten up after being asked astir his religion.
“He was the sole bread winner for the family, and I person 3 tiny children. How volition I now instrumentality attraction of my children? There is nary root of income. The mode helium was beaten up was inhumane; even animals are not beaten up like that. All the criminals should beryllium hanged till death,” Ms. Parveen told the property connected Monday (December 15, 2025).
In a property enactment issued connected December 13, 2025, the bureau of Nawada Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhinav Dhiman stated, “In presumption of the seriousness of the incident, a peculiar squad was formed under the enactment of the Sadar SDPO [sub-divisional constabulary officer] and directed to apprehension the accused. The constituted squad arrested 4 named accused progressive successful the incident under 24 hours and sent them to judicial custody.”
It further stated, “On December 13, 2025, based connected further investigations, four more accused progressive successful the lawsuit were arrested. To date, a full of 8 accused have been arrested successful the case. All of them have subsequently been remanded to judicial custody.”
The constabulary said that continuous raids were being conducted to apprehension the remaining accused.
Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) spokesperson Ejaz Ahmed slammed the State government, saying Home Minister Samrat Choudhary often talked big astir instrumentality and order, while successful reality, mob lynchings were being carried retired based connected religion and caste, and people were being beaten to decease successful inhumane ways.
Man, 3 daughters dead
Meanwhile, in Muzaffarpur district, a man, along with his 3 daughters, died by termination aboriginal greeting connected Monday (December 15, 2025) in Mishrauliya village under Sakra constabulary station limits.
The 40-year-old antheral was identified arsenic Amarnath Ram and his 3 daughters were aged between 7 and 12. The man also tried to bent his 2 minor sons but they survived. According to the police, helium was going done pugnacious fiscal concern aft the decease of his woman past year.
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