Nine arrested over mob lynching in eastern India The second such incident in Jharkhand state's capital in one week causes alarm Protesters rally in New Delhi in April 2019 to condemn a mob lynching in Jharkhand. (Photo: Bijay Kumar Minj) Police in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand have arrested nine people in connection with the mob lynching of a 26-year-old Muslim man on the outskirts of Ranchi. According to media reports, this was the second such incident in the state capital in one week. Earlier, a 22-year-old man was beaten in the Upper Bazar area on suspicion of theft and later died.