Another case of Mob Violence, a man was beaten up by six youth for refusing to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'

2019-07-15

Main Information

  • Victim Names Asif Majeed Qureshi
  • Date of Incident 2019-07-15
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Maharashtra
  • City/District Jalgaon, Deshmukhwadi
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Deshmukhwadi
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

A mob attacked Asif Majeed Qureshi, 30, a resident of Deshmukhwadi in Jalgaon, as he was purchasing vegetables from the market. The incident happened on Monday night at 8:45. Over six local youths attacked Mr. Qureshi during a casual conversation that turned into a violent argument. Mr. Qureshi suffered serious injuries. Qureshi claims in a video that he was "forced to recite Jai Shree Ram" and that when he refused, they began beating him repeatedly.