A 50-year-old man was beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of cattle smuggling in Narmadapuram district of Madhya Pradesh in the early hours of Wednesday. Two men were injured in the attack. All three are from Amravati in Maharashtra.
Lala, one of the injured men, told reporters that the deceased, Nazir Ahmed, Mushtaq, and he were transporting cattle from Nandanbada village to Amravati to sell the animals at a cattle market there.
They were waylaid on the way and attacked by a large group of people in Barakhad village of Seoni Malwa, he alleged.