One more killed on kidnapping charge

Locals thrash one unidentified middle-aged Indian man in Thadijhijha to death on suspicion of kidnapping children

Locals drown an unidentified Indian man in a pond in Kapileshwar, Janakpur-16 on April 22

Locals kill an unidentified Indian woman by re-attacking her while she was undergoing treatment at the emergency ward of the Janakpur Zonal Hospital following her rescue by police in Ramananda Chowk, Janakpur on April 22

Locals beat up one unidentified man of Indian origin to death in Khuttapipradi, Mahottari on April 22

Locals beat up and burn one woman to death in Bharatpur, Dhanusha on April 12

JANAKPUR, April 23: Yet another man has been thrashed to death by locals in Dhanusha Thursday on suspicion of being involved in kidnapping children as life in Dhanusha, Mahottari and Siraha districts remains terrorized due to an alarming rise in the number of kidnapping cases. [break]

The locals thrashed the unidentified middle-aged man believed to have come from India with sticks and bricks in Thadijhijha. With his death, the number of public killing on suspicion of the victims´ involvement in kidnapping children in Dhanusha and Mahottari districts have reached five, with four in Dhanusha alone.

Two unidentified persons were killed in Janakpur and one in Mahottari on Wednesday while one woman was burnt to death at Bharatpur in Dhanusha on April 12.

One man and a woman of Indian origin were killed by locals in Janakpur Wednesday accusing them of kidnapping children in the Tarai. The man was drowned in a pond by locals in Kapileshwar, Jankapur-16 while the woman of around 40 years died after she was attacked for the second time while undergoing treatment at the emergency ward of the Janakpur Zonal Hospital following her rescue by police in Ramananda Chowk, Janakpur.

One unidentified man believed to be of Indian origin was beaten to death on a similar charge in Khuttapipradi, Mahottari on Wednesday night.

In another incident, locals severely beat up one Kisun Das, a laborer from Deuri Prabaha-9 Wednesday night. He was saved after police intervened and sent him to hospital. Similarly, police rescued a woman, who has been identified as Sahida Khatun, 38, of Sitamadi [India], from Sapahi, Dhanusha Wednesday morning when locals were trying to burn her to death alleging her of also being involved in kidnapping.

Another man was handed over to police by the locals after severely thrashing him in Kishorinagar, Janakpur on Wednesday. They are receiving treatment at the emergency ward of Janakpur Zonal Hospital in a critical condition. Police have beefed up security at the emergency ward and barred entry to locals from Wednesday. The locals have handed over 17 persons to the District Police Office, Dhanusha after beating them up on charges of kidnapping in the last 10 days alone.

“These are just mentally-challenged Indians chased away by the Indian authorities during the in course of their general elections,” said Superintendent of Police Yadav Raj Khanal. The locals beat up strangers and hand them over to the police and kill them if they resist, Khanal added.

Even in Siraha, 13 individuals of Indian origin are in police custody, according to Siraha´s Superintendent of Police Ramesh Kharel. Such incidents have made it dangerous for strangers to travel in Dhanusha and Siraha these days.