Bihar police on Saturday said the Muslim man, who was lynched in Bihar’s Samastipur on February 16 after being questioned over cow slaughter, was known to his assailants. Officers investigating the incident a financial dispute was the reason for the brutal assault on Mohammed Khalil Alam, a small-time Janata Dal (United) worker who had allegedly borrowed money from one of the assailants, Anurag Jha alias Bittu.
“The confessional statement of the arrested assailants states that they committed the crime for money. Paise ke len-den mein hatya hui hai, aur kuch nahi (The killing took place because of money and nothing else),” said Samastipur Superintendent of Police Hriday Kant.
According to Samastipur SHO Bikram Acharya, who was part of the special investigation team (SIT) set up to investigate the case, Alam had not returned the loan despite repeated reminders from Jha.
