Police allegedly barge into home and beat the youth

2021-08-06

Main Information

  • Victim Names Abdul Muqsith, Muqsith’s father, Muqsith’s uncle, Muqsith’s brother, Muqsith’s nephew
  • Date of Incident 2021-08-06
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Manufactured Rumour
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Karnataka
  • City/District Bhatkal, Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka
  • Perpetrator Organization Police / Investigating agency
  • Place of incident N/A

Police barged into a house of a Muslim family and started beating a youth allegedly for a rumor of smuggling a cow. The family runs an animal husbandry business. The police suddenly came in and demanded the papers for the animals. Upon refusal, they took the animals, the victim’s father, his brother, his uncle and his nephew to the police station where they beat them severely. They were kicked on the hands, stomachs, and even on the heads by the cops. They had to admit Abdul Muqsit to the hospital when the condition worsened. The family says that they have been suffering under the government of Narendra Modi.