Cattle smugglers lynched by UP villagers

2015-04-22

Main Information

  • Victim Names Nazir(Dead) , Raees(Dead) , Amzad Ali(Injured)
  • Date of Incident 2015-04-22
  • Nature of Violence Murder/Lynch
  • Causal factors Unknown
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Bahraich, Bahraich, UP
  • Party in Power NOT DISCLOSED

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Bahraich, UP
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

3 people parked to pick up van bearing registration no. UP44T-4788 was trying to load some buffaloes belonging to Shankar in Nasrapur locality of Kotwali Dehat area of Bahraich. The villagers noticed their activity and reached the spot in the wee hours of the morning. The crowd lynched one individual, while the second one died while trying to escape in an accident as the vehicle turned turtle and the last man managed to escape. Police have registered a case and sent the bodies of both the smugglers for an autopsy. Later, the police nabbed the third smuggler who had managed to give a slip to the villagers.