Two extortionists lynched by villagers in Bihar

Patna, Dec 28 : Two extortionists were lynched in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district on Monday.
Sitamarhi Superintendent of Police Sujeet Kumar confirmed the incident. He said the accused were local goons and they were lynched by villagers.
The incident took place in Mayorva village between 11 a.m. to 11.30 am on Monday.
“The accused identified as Sonu Paswan and Suraj Das belonged to Sonbarsa town,” Kumar said.
They came on motorcycle to the village and went to a shop belonging to Home Guard Upendra Yadav. The two pulled out guns and allegedly demanded protection money from Yadav who shouted for help and a large number of villagers assembled at the place upon hearing his cries. Yadav claimed that the duo was demanding protection money for the last one week.
“The accused realised that they could be nabbed, they fired in the air while trying to flee from the village. However, they slipped and fell and the villagers overpowered them,” Kumar said.