Three men beaten to death for alleged theft

2017-06-22

Main Information

  • Victim Names Nasirul Haque, Mohammad Samiruddin, Md Nasir
  • Date of Incident 2017-06-22
  • Nature of Violence Murder/Lynch
  • Causal factors Cow Related Violence
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Asit Basu, Krishna Poddar, Binod Prachapati, Asim basu
  • State West Bengal
  • City/District Uttar Dinajpur, Chopra
  • Party in Power AITMC

Other Information

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

Three men were beaten to death in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district on Thursday after they were allegedly caught stealing cows from a house under Chopra police station area. The police have arrested three people in connection with the case so far. The deceased have been identified as Nasirul Haque (30), a resident of Kutipara, Mohammad Samiruddin (32), resident of Kandarpara and Md Nasir (33) from Dhalugunj. While Nasirul was taken to Islampur subdivisional hospital after the incident and succumbed to his injuries there, the other two died on the spot. Bail was granted to the main accused, while investigation was still ongoing. The family members complained that none from administration and political parties had come to meet them after the murders. They alleged that police had wrongly branded them cattle lifters but in reality, a common friend had called them for a meeting and the three were killed.