Attapadi Lynching ; Internal Bleeding Resulted in Death

Palakkad: Postmortem report indicates that internal bleeding as the prime cause which resulted in the brutal murder of Madhu, a tribal youth on the mere grounds that he stole food.

30 year old Madhu collapsed while being taken to hospital. The attackers have been identified as Hussain, Mathachan, Manu, Abdul Rahman, Abdul Latif, Abdul Kareem and Ummar. Adding to the incident that has sent shock waves all over the country, are selfie pictures taken by the perpetrators just before the Red Jihadi mob decided to take law into their hands.

According to sources, Madhu testified before police, before collapsing. “The FIR states that Madhu was battered and brutally beaten after they accused him of stealing food,” said sources. The mob that handed him over to police is suspected to have lynched him. Madhu had started vomiting on his way to the hospital.

“We then took him to the hospital. By the time we reached there, he had lost consciousness. The doctors then declared him brought dead,” the police said.

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