Tag: Mob Lynching

Zayed Hossain (28), Bilal Mia (30), and Saiful Islam (18) were lynched to death on suspicion of cow theft by a Hindu mob on Sunday in Khowai distirct of Tripura. The mob thrashed Hossain and Mia while Islam managed to flee but he also got caught later. They were brutally beaten-up and was taken to local health clinics and later to Govind Ballabh Pant (GBP) Hospital at Agartala. The police claimed that they were fleeing with five cattle in a vehicle when they were found by the mob. “The villagers chased them and managed to stop the vehicle near North Maharanipur village. The angry villagers started thrashing and beating them with lethal weapons and lynched two of the suspected cattle lifters at the spot,” Khowai district superintendent of police Kiran Kumar told reporters. Kumar...

In yet another incident of hate against the minority Muslim community, A group of cow vigilantes lynched a Muslim man to death and injured four others in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district on Wednesday night. The deceased have been identified as Shera Khan. Other victims are Anees, Rehman, Shahzad and Kadim according to a news report by The Hindustan Gazette. One name is missed in the report The vigilantes attacked them alleging that they were smuggling cows from Kosi Kalan village in Mathura and were on their way to Mewat. According to a video by Abstar news, Chandrashekhar baba, a priest from Barsana Ashram, confess he was at the spot where the brutal lynching took place, confronting the Muslim youths. “I got a call at 3:30 in the morning that a group of men were smuggling cows...

In a continuation of aggression and violence against Muslims in India, A Muslim youth was beaten ruthlessly by a group of men in Delhi, hours after he succumbed to his injuries. The Delhi Police said that a 20-year-old identified as Mohammed Sarfaraz was nabbed by a group of men, who took him to a factory and thrashed him with sticks. The incident took place on Saturday night in Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar area. On Sunday morning, Sarfaraz was found unconscious after which he was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. "Sarfaraz’s brother went out for a walk near their house when the accused picked him up. The family came to know about the incident from their neighbours. He was thrashed on suspicion of theft," his brother told the police. So far, two identified...

A Muslim gym trainer from Mewat, Haryana was lynched to death by Hindu vigilante groups on Sunday night. The victim, Aasif Khan, was forced to chant "Jai Shree Ram". As per a report by Makhtoob Media, Aasif was travelling with his friends from Khalilpur, his village to Sohna, in order to get some medicines. “A group of 15 stopped the car and started abusing the passengers. They shouted 'maar mulle ko'— Kill Muslims— and lynched Khan”, Hasan Khan, Aasif's uncle told. His family tells that the Haryana Police has filed an FIR against the perpetrators under IPC 302, but no arrest has been made so far. Aasif's co-passengers, Rashid(31) and Wasif(22), were also assaulted but survived the attack. Although, Rashid remains in critical care. “The mob hit the car from behind and when t...

A man identified as Anis from the Kakori area in Lucknow Uttar Pradesh was beaten to death in a village in Unna on the suspicion of being a thief. Circle Officer Bangarmau, Anjani Kumar Singh, said that the incident took place late on Sunday night and a case of culpable homicide, not amounting to murder, has been registered against five persons. Further investigations are on. According to reports, the deceased Anis was aimlessly roaming in the area when the local residents suspected him to be a thief and beat him up severely. The police were alerted about an unidentified an, having multiple injuries, lying in the Behta Mujawar village. The police rushed to the spot and took the injured man to Bangarmau community health centre, where doctors declared him dead. The police, therea...

45-year cab driver, Aftab Alam, a resident of Trilokpuri, Noida, who had gone to drop one of his old clients at Bulandshahr, was brutally killed September 6 midnight for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’. Aftab Alam’s 20-year-old son, Mohammad Sabir, has launched an online campaign to seek justice as UP police has not been able to provide an update in the case. “I am Mohhamad Sabir, son of Aftab Alam, who was lynched to death on September 6. It has been one and a half month; there has been no arrest, no update given to us by the police. We are on a twitter campaign #AftabAlamKoInsaafDo. I request all of you to join us. please share this, pin it on your page. Please help me get justice for my father,” said Sabir in a video posted on social media platforms. He had earlier said that on Se...

Shabir Chaudhary, a 42 year old, Gujjar Muslim farmer was lynched by a gang of eve teasers near his home in Phalian Mandal village in Satwari Police limits on the outskirts of Jammu city on Thursday evening. Chaudhary’s relatives allege that it was a pre-planned murder by the gang which belong to a person named Mahesh the mastermind of the murder. Mahesh, a history-sheeter and has recently been to jail. He was accused of teasing and harassing women and girls from Gujjar Muslim community, a minority in Jammu, in his locality. The community earlier has also raised complaints about his misbehaviour with elders from the majority Hindu community. Couple of weeks ago, he was caught by people and handed over to police. But he came out after spending six days in police custody. Naseeb Al...

45-year cab driver, Aftab Alam, a resident of Trilokpuri, Noida, who had gone to drop one of his old clients at Bulandshahr, was brutally killed on Sunday midnight for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’. According to Aftab Alam’s 20-year-old son, Mohammad Sabir, he received an unusual call from his father, who didn’t utter a word after he picked up the phone. Sabir felt that something was wrong and he began to record the call. On the other end of the phone, he heard the attackers asked his name. They also repeatedly asked his father to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’. And they all seemed to be drunk, also they asked if he would like to drink and in reply, Alam said ‘no’, Sabir heard. In the audio file of the call available at 8:39 minutes, one of the men can be heard saying “Jai Shri Ram bol, bol J...