Sikandar Ram, one of the 11 convicts in the Ramgarh district beef lynching case, who was later granted bail by Jharkhand High Court, was today electrocuted near his home in Ramgarh town, police said.
The incident happened at Bazaar Tand locality, under the jurisdiction of Ramgarh Town police station, when Sikandar Ram was walking towards a market, the police said.
He died on the spot after he came in contact with a live wire that had snapped from an electric pole and fell on the ground, the Officer-in-Charge of Ramgarh Town police station, Rajesh Kumar, said.
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Ram’s body was recovered and sent for post-mortem examination, a senior police officer said.
Sikandar Ram was one among the 11 convicted in the Ramgarh beef lynching case.
They were awarded life imprisonment by a fast track court in Ramgarh in March this year.
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Later, on June 29 this year, the Jharkhand High Court granted bail to 8 out of the 11 convicts, including Sikandar Ram.
