Mob beaten a kashmiri shawl trader in West Bengal

2019-02-19

Main Information

  • Victim Names Javid Ahmad Khan
  • Date of Incident 2019-02-19
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Mob
  • State West Bengal
  • City/District Nadia, Nadia
  • Party in Power TMC

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Nadia
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

Following the bombing of a CRPF convoy in Pulwama last week, which claimed the lives of 49 members of the force, a shawl vendor from the Soibugh area of central Budgam district has been the latest victim of a wave of mob attacks in West Bengal. In the Taherpur neighbourhood of Nadia district last night, a vicious mob attacked and brutally assaulted 27-year-old Javid Ahmad Khan of Astanpora mohallah of Soibugh. Blood was seen gushing from Khan's nose in a gruesome footage of the attack that was shared on social media as the mob harassed and coerced him into shouting "Vande Mataram." while the police claimed that they have taken cognisance of the incident.