Ranchi: A man accused of carrying beef was beaten to death on Thursday at Jharkhand’s Ramgarh in India

Police sources said Alimuddin alias Asgar Ansari was carrying the ‘banned meat’ in a Maruti van.

A group of people stopped him near Bajartand village and brutally attacked him, the sources said. His van was set on fire too.

Police personnel rescued him and took him to a hospital where he died during the course of treatment.

‘It’s premeditated murder,’ said Additional Director General of Police R.K. Mallik.

‘Asgar was chargesheeted for child abduction and murder,’ the officer said, adding that some people involved in beef trade hatched a conspiracy to kill him. ‘The killers have been identified.’

This is second such case in Jharkhand in the last three days.

In Giridih district, a mob thrashed a person and set on fire his house after a cow head was found.

The latest lynching report comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned killing of people in the name of  ‘Gau bhakti’ and said that it is not acceptable.

He was giving his speech at Sabarmati Ashram during the centenary celebrations in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

‘Killing people in the name of Gau Bhakti is not acceptable. This is not something Mahatma Gandhi would approve of,’ said PM Modi.