Three Muslim men thrashed in Baghpat

2017-11-23

Main Information

  • Victim Names Abu Bakr, Gulzar Ahmed, Mohammad Israr
  • Date of Incident 2017-11-23
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Baghpat, Choulhada, Baghpat
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Choulhada, Baghpat
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

Three Muslim youths including a cleric were heckled and beaten up in a train by a group of men. The men started heckling them by saying why do you wear the scarf. Then they started beating them with rods and pointed objects. That left the Muslim men bleeding. The incident happened near Chouhada, 8 km from Baghpat. Police were yet to identify the accused men. A case was registered under the sections 143, 323, and 352 of the IPC.