Mob thrash 2 alleged beef smugglers victim arrested

2019-06-25

Main Information

  • Victim Names Shathil Ahmad, Tayaid
  • Date of Incident 2019-06-25
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Savita Kataria
  • State Haryana
  • City/District Gurugram, Islampur village, Gurugram, Haryana
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Islampur village, Gurugram, Haryana
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

Four Muslim men were intercepted on a highway in their pickup vans near Islampur village, Gurugram. They were allegedly smuggling beef. Seeing the beef inside the vans, the villagers became rampant. They thrashed two of the alleged smugglers while the other two managed to flee. They were thrashed by cow vigilantes. These two victims were later arrested. An FIR was filed under various sections of the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015. They were on their way to Delhi.