Muslim man from Bengal burnt and killed

2018-02-16

Main Information

  • Victim Names Shakir Ali
  • Date of Incident 2018-02-16
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Rajasthan
  • City/District Jaipur, Painter Colony, Shashtri Nagar, Jaipur
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Painter Colony, Shashtri Nagar, Jaipur
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

A 32 year old Shakir Ali was found dead in his apartment. Police said that Mr Ali used to drink a lot of alcohol and mistakenly consumed some acid and some acid dropped on his body too. The post mortem report showed internal injuries due to acid. The police said that this is not the case of murder but the family of the victim believes otherwise. They said that it was a murder. They mentioned that 12 other people used to live with Shakir and they all fled after his death. “If it wasn’t a murder, then why would they all flee,” they asked.