Nine persons detained (Representative image) RANCHI: Nine persons were detained on Monday in connection with the mob-lynching of 27-year-old Mubarak Khan on the city outskirts on Sunday. SP (Ranchi rural) Naushad Alam said, “Even though a large number of people have been named in the FIR, we will make arrests only after having solid evidence.” Notably, Mubarak Khan, a resident of Maheshpur village, was tied to an electric pole and thrashed on charges of stealing bike tyres and batteries on the night intervening Saturday and Sunday at Sirka village under Angara police station. Khan succumbed to injuries before the police arrived.