Alimuddin alias Asgar Ansari who was beaten to death in Ramgarh (Image posted by a Facebook user)

A man accused of carrying beef was beaten to death in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district today. The attack came hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the violence over cow protection in a speech in Gujarat.

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, police 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.

Photo of today's violence posted by a Facebook user Photo of today's violence posted by a Facebook user

Additional Director General of Police R K Mallik said it was a pre-meditated murder.

"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.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given a stern message to cow vigilantes during his Gujarat visit. Modi invoked Mahatma Gandhi to slam those involved in violence in the name of protecting cows.

Killing people in the name of Gau Bhakti is not acceptable. This is not something Mahatma Gandhi would approve: PM @narendramodi ; PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 29, 2017

No person in this nation has the right to take the law in his or her own hands in this country: PM @narendramodi June 29, 2017

As a society, there is no place for violence: PM @narendramodi ; PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 29, 2017

Yesterday thousands of citizens had brought out a protest march across cities in India under the banner #NotInMyName to protest against mob attacks including those by cow vigilantes.

(IANS inputs)

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