Ramgarh Lynching: Informer Who Followed Alimuddin Ansari Arrested

So far, eleven people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of Alimuddin Ansari in Ramgarh on 29 June.

From right: Alimuddin’s wife Mariam Khatoon, her elder daughter Samma, and her husband Sheikh Sabir on the bed Alimuddin once slept in. (Photo: Aishwarya S Iyer/The Quint)

Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district police nabbed another accused on 5 July in connection with the lynching of Alimuddin Ansari on 29 June.

According to an Indian Express report, Raj Kumar, a new member of the local gau raksha samiti, acted as an informer for the main accused Chhotu Verma and BJP’s district media in-charge Deepak Mishra. He was sent to judicial custody on 6 July.

According to the report, Kumar started followed Ansari when he left the market 15 kms away from Ramgarh at 7:30 am. He kept the accused informed of Ansari’s movement for the next two hours.

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“The main accused gave him the number of Ansari’s van and asked him to follow the vehicle. Call records reveal that Mishra and Verma were in touch with Kumar all along,” said Ramgarh SP Kishore Kaushal told IE.

Ansari’s vehicle was then halted at around 9:30 am near Bazar Tand where he was attacked and his vehicle was gutted.

A local officer told IE that the accused had earlier tried to get Ansari arrested for transporting beef, but did not succeed.

“Ansari was aware of these complaints but continued to buy prohibited meat and sell it in different areas. He had a criminal record,” said the officer.

Eleven people have been arrested so far in the case. The police also said that the lab that tested the meat found in Ansari’s van has confirmed that it was beef.