Police allegedly Vandalised Muslim Houses

2020-05-26

Main Information

  • Victim Names Fehmeeda, Masood, Faseeha, Umar Daraz Khan, Shamsher, Zameer Khan, Zainab, Shah Bano, Navid, Shaista Khan, Savez, Shamim Abbasi, Mashkoor, Wajid, Nasir, Nazim, Naushad Qureshi, Mushtari, Saleem Qureshi, Afzal, and others
  • Date of Incident 2020-05-26
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Shamli, Taprana
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Taprana
  • Perpetrator Organization Police / Investigating agency
  • Place of incident N/A

Police and personnel of the Provincial Armed Constabulary(PAC) vandalized and looted more than 3 dozen houses, and beat up whoever came in their way including women in an attempt to allegedly arrest two people who were externed from the district for six months after being found involved in cow slaughter. 26 people were arrested, and complaints were filed against 27 others for assaulting the police, and 80 more people were mentioned in the FIR. No complaints were filed against the police in fear of further retaliation. The village looked war-ravaged after the brutal destruction.