Muslim youth mercilessly beaten by Police official

2021-02-05

Main Information

  • Victim Names Mobeen, Mobeen’s mother, Mobeen’s Sister
  • Date of Incident 2021-02-05
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Sandeep Kumar, Prashant Sharma
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Muzaffarnagar, Harsoli, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Harsoli, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh
  • Perpetrator Organization Police / Investigating agency
  • Place of incident N/A

Police inspector Sandeep Kumar and constable Prashant Sharma were suspended after an investigation into the incident involving them brutally torturing a young Muslim boy named Mobeen after striping him naked in the Harsoli police station. Mobeen, who hails from a poor family, was illegally taken into custody and locked up and tortured for no apparent reason. The incident was recorded on video which reached the Vice President of a human rights group NHCRO, Zakir Ali Tyagi. He immediately took to twitter causing the police department to take immediate action. Adv. Rita Bhuiyaar, State President of NHCRO also alleged that Mobeen’s mother and sister were abused too.