Farmer assaulted in the name of spreading Corona

2020-04-20

Main Information

  • Victim Names Khaleel
  • Date of Incident 2020-04-20
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Bijnor, Mohalla Jatan, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Mohalla Jatan, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

In a village in Bijnor a farmer named Khaleel had his tractor stuck in a ditch in his farm. When he asked for help nobody came. Then on further calls he was beaten up by people and accused of spreading the covid disease to other people. Khaleel experienced both verbal and physical assault during this encounter.