Muslim youth dies of injuries, family alleges police apathy

2015-02-19

Main Information

  • Victim Names Jahangir
  • Date of Incident 2015-02-19
  • Nature of Violence Murder/Lynch
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Sarang Joshi, Shashank Singhal, Anoop Garg , Nitin
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Saharanpur, Saharanpur
  • Party in Power SP

Other Information

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

Jahangir, a 24 year old Muslim youth, was assaulted by 4 Hindu youths over parking issues. While the police got him medically examined, Jahangir was allegedly sent home without being administered proper treatment. He later died. The post-mortem report had stated that Jahangir died of ante-mortem injuries. The police has registered a murder case against the 4 accused people but no arrests have been made.