Mob identified and killed Muslim Men

2020-02-25

Main Information

  • Victim Names Hamza, Aamin, Bhure Ali, Mursalin, Aas Mohd, Musharraf, Akil Ahmed, Hashim Ali, Aamir Khan
  • Date of Incident 2020-02-25
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Activism
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Lokesh Solanki, Pankaj Sharma, Ankit Chaudhary, Sumit Chaudhary, Prince, Jatin Sharma, Himanshu Thakur, Vivek Panchal and Rishabh Chaudhary
  • State Delhi
  • City/District Delhi, Ganga Vihar-Bhagirathi Vihar, Gokalpuri, Delhi
  • Party in Power AAP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Ganga Vihar-Bhagirathi Vihar, Gokalpuri, Delhi
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

Communal violence broke out in Gokalpuri. The hInduus were hunting Muslim men to kill. They set fire to the vehicles of the Muslims. They were going to set fire to a man but he jumped into a drain to save himself. 9 people were killed like this by the goons. They were killing Muslims and throwing them in the drain. The mob was also shouting ‘Jai Shri Ram’. Several calls were made to the police control room to report the live incident.