Man succumbs week after mob attack in Bengal third such death in three days

Kolkata, Jun 30 (PTI) A 23-year-old man died at a hospital in West Bengal's Jhargram district on Sunday, a week after he was beaten up by unidentified people, police said.
    This is the third death in mob attack in West Bengal after two other similar incidents that took place in Kolkata and nearby Salt Lake on June 28 and 29.
    Sourabh Sau was found lying injured on a road in Jamboni area near Jhargram town and taken to a local hospital on June 22. He succumbed to his injuries on Sunday.
    The police registered a case against unnamed persons based on the complaint lodged by Sau's family on June 27.
    His family members, however, alleged that he was assaulted by a group of men engaged by a contractor who alleged that Sau had tried to steal parts of an earth mover parked on the side of the road.
    The mother of the deceased claimed that her son had gone for some work in a two-wheeler and was taking some rest under a tree while returning. The earth mover machine was parked nearby.
    The incident is preceded by fatal assaults on two youths accused of stealing mobile phones on successive days in Kolkata and nearby Salt Lake on June 28 and 29 respectively.
     A man identified as Prasen Mondal was killed after being thrashed by a group of people in Salt Lake area on Saturday. Doctors declared him brought dead after he was taken to a hospital.
    On Friday, Irshad Alam was beaten to death at a state-run students' hostel in Kolkata's Bowbazar area.
    Municipal Affairs and Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim told reporters earlier that "mass hysteria can only be countered by mass counselling.".
    Union minister and BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar slammed the TMC government alleging that it failed to control such crimes.

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)