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Police file case after 45-year-old Pappu Ansari is killed in Poraiyahat of Godda district

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A 45-year-old Muslim man was beaten to death by a mob in Jharkhand after being accused of stealing cattle, police said on Thursday.

The victim, identified as Pappu Ansari, was attacked on Wednesday night in Matihani village under the jurisdiction of the Poraiyahat police station in Godda district, according to police officials cited by the Press Trust of India.

Ansari was a resident of Ranipur village, which falls under the Pathargama police station limits of the district, police said.

An investigation has been launched to establish the sequence of events leading to the killing and to identify those involved, Deputy Superintendent of Police J.P.N. Chaudhary said.