Gujarat man beaten to death

2016-09-10

Main Information

  • Victim Names Rafiq Hussain
  • Date of Incident 2016-09-10
  • Nature of Violence Murder/Lynch
  • Causal factors Other
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator 8 unnamed men aged between 17-19
  • State Gujarat
  • City/District Bhavnagar, Bhavnagar
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

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

The victim has been identified as Rafiq Hussain. The gang allegedly demanded extortion money from Hussain, a vegetable vendor, after he bought a house for Rs 25 lakh in his area. Hussain had refused to pay them. The police said that they were able to identify the suspects based on the CCTV footage and have detained few people for questioning in the incident. 'We have identified most of them on the basis of the CCTV footage and will track them down,' said senior police officer Dipankar Trivedi.