Overview
- In Forbesganj in Bihar’s Araria district, police say a parking quarrel between pickup driver Ali Hussain and vendor Ravi Chauhan turned into a double killing.
- Officers identified Hussain as the victim of a beheading, which they say Chauhan carried out with a sharp weapon at a busy market.
- Reporting says Chauhan left the body at the scene and allegedly displayed the severed head before a crowd.
- Relatives of Hussain and local residents then dragged Chauhan from hiding and beat him to death in front of police, according to the police account.
- Police describe a volatile scene with a scuffle near the site, added patrols across the town, and an inquiry into both deaths as authorities warn against mob justice in crowded marketplaces.