Mob battered three Muslims on suspicion of beef

2019-05-24

Main Information

  • Victim Names Undisclosed
  • Date of Incident 2019-05-24
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Shubham Baghel
  • State Madhya Pradesh
  • City/District Seoni, Mandla Road, Seoni
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Mandla Road, Seoni
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

Three Muslims were beaten up including a woman by a mob in Seoni, MP. They were thrashed on the suspicion of carrying beef. The mob tied two of them and started thrashing them. Later they untied one of them and started beating him with sticks. They made the man hit the woman with a slipper. The three victims were also forced to chant Jai Shri Ram. Police arrested 5 accused for mob lynching as well as they arrested all the 3 victims for allegedly carrying beef. One of the accused was identified to be the leader of Ram Sena. The 5 accused were booked under the sections 143, 148, 149, 341, 294, 323 and 506 of the IPC and also Section 25 of the Arms Act.