Patna: A man was severely beaten and acid was poured into his eyes by residents of a village in Bihar's Purnia district in yet another instance of mob justice.

Purnia superintendent of police B S Meena said that villagers at Radhanagar in the Banmankhi police station area overpowered Vinay Yadav alias Pappu Yadav, wanted in connection with the February 28 killing of Bihari Lal Yadav and his grandson, and beat him mercilessly with sticks and iron rods on late Monday night.

As Vinay collapsed in pain, the villagers poured acid into his eyes, the SP said. The police soon arrived and took him into custody. He was rushed to the Purnia sadar hospital where his condition was stated to be stable.

Of the seven accused named, four had so far been arrested while raids continued to apprehend others, he said describing the incident as a criminal act .

The incident brought back memories of the Bhagalpur blinding case which was described as the handiwork of policemen.

A mob had recently gouged out the eyes of two alleged thieves in Bihar's Nawada district. Also 11 persons belonging to Nutta community were beaten to death by a mob at village Dhelphorwa in Vaishali district in September, last year.

Similar incidents of mob taking law into its hand were recently reported from Siwan, Bhagalpur, Motihari and Gopalganj districts.
Source : PTI