Jamshedpur: Two members of a primitive Sabar tribe were stoned to death by unidentified persons in Jharkhand`s Ghatsila sub-division, police said on Monday.
Bodies of Rungda Sabar (42) and Dunda Sabar (35) were found in Bomro village under Dumaria police station in East Singhbhum district, said Additional Superintendent of Police, Rajiv Ranjan Singh. The incident occurred last night when the two were returning home in Kajrikocha village from a fair where they consumed liquor, Singh said.
The cause of the twin murder was not yet known.
The villagers were tightlipped and only clue the police got was the victims had liquor along with two others, Singh said adding search was on for these two. The bodies were sent to M G M hospital for post-mortem.
Sabar tribes were found mainly in Jharkhand, West Bengal and Orissa.
PTI