Muslim driver allegedly tortured, told to go to Pakistan

2021-05-16

Main Information

  • Victim Names Mohammed Subhan
  • Date of Incident 2021-05-16
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Telangana
  • City/District Hyderabad, Shamshabad, Hyderabad, Telangana
  • Party in Power TRS

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Shamshabad, Hyderabad, Telangana
  • Perpetrator Organization Police / Investigating agency
  • Place of incident N/A

A Muslim commercial driver was assaulted by the Traffic Police in Shamshabad. The cop had taken a photo of the license plate of the man’s vehicle for a violation. Upon arguing with the cop, the cops took him into detention and he was beaten by 4 Police personnel in the police station. They beat him up with rubber pipe, and bamboo sticks. He was saved by the law and order police. The senior traffic police officer told him that, “You guys have a lot of heat in you.” He also told the victim to go back to Pakistan. AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi had demanded the suspension of these officials.