Mob lynched Hasmad on suspicion of cow theft
2015-11-04
The police found the bloodied and battered body of the man, Mohammad Hasmat Ali, early Monday morning in the remote village of Uchekon Moiba Thongkhong in Manipur, a state in northeast India. Mr. Ali, 55, married with three sons, was a leader in the neighboring village of Keirao Makting, where he was headmaster of a madrasa. Police officials said Mr. Ali had no criminal record and no known links to the cattle business. Hindustan Times reported that Ali's body was taken to Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) in Imphal, while the calf is being kept at the local police station. While the Congress Party is in power in Manipur, Muslims are refusing to bury Ali until the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government promises that justice will be served. Tensions remain high in the area around Muslim-dominated Keirao Makting village in Imphal East district. “Ali, a kind-hearted and honest teacher, was killed after being accused of a crime he could not have committed. The police know who his assailants are but are not taking action. We will not take his body from JNIMS for burial until justice is done," Rajauddin, convenor of a joint action committee against Ali’s killing, told HT. Police officials told NYT that Ali had no links to the cattle business. “What is happening here is completely wrong — people taking the law into their hands,” Naba Kanta told the newspaper. “We face the problem of mob justice in this area, and we are trying to do our best to contain it.”
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