Rajsamand brutal lynching

2017-12-06

Main Information

  • Victim Names Afrazul Khan
  • Date of Incident 2017-12-06
  • Nature of Violence Murder/Lynch
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Shambhulal Regar
  • State Rajasthan
  • City/District Rajsamand, Rajsamand
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Rajsamand
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

Rajastan: A Bengali worker Afrazul khan was hacked and burnt alive by Shambulal Regar accusing him of 'love jihad'. The whole act of killing was filmed by his nephew a boy of 14 years of age. The murder occurred in the small town of Rajnagar, the headquarters of Rajsamund district, barely 100 km from Udaipur, known till now in the rest of the country for little more than the Nathdwara temple town nearby and the marble warehouses and cutting and polishing factories surrounding it along the national highway to Udaipur.