Ramgarh, Jharkhand mob lynch for carrying cow meat

2018-06-19

Main Information

  • Victim Names Tauheed Ansari
  • Date of Incident 2018-06-19
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Alleged sale / consumption of other Non-Vegetarian diet
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Jharkhand
  • City/District Ramgarh, Ramgarh,Jharkhand
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Ramgarh,Jharkhand
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

A Muslim man was lynched by cow vigilantes in Ramgarh, Jharkhand. The man identified as Touheed Ansari was going on his bike to buy some groceries for his guests. Then he had an accident due to which his bike fell and the meat he was carrying in the bike’s boot space fell down on the road. Seeing that Ansari fled the scene. Later during noon his body was found near the railway tracks brutally lynched. It was attacked by some sharp weapon as there were deep marks on his body. The police sent the fallen meat to the forensic department for verification. In the postmortem report it was found out that Ansari died 10 hours before the incident