Cow vigilantes beat up two men dumping carcasses

2016-09-14

Main Information

  • Victim Names Hafiz Abdul Khalid, Ali Hasan. Abdus Salam
  • Date of Incident 2016-09-14
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Naveen, Raju, Devesh, Abhishek
  • State Delhi
  • City/District Kirari, Prem Nagar, Kirari, Prem Nagar
  • Party in Power AAP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Kirari, Prem Nagar
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

Two Muslim men were beaten up by cow vigilantes in West Delhi. The incident took place on the following day of Eid-ul-Azha when they were going to dump the buffalo carcasses. The Muslims had permission for the sacrifice from the police. They were beaten by a mob of 20-25 men when they were going in the autorickshaw. The third victim, Abdus Salam, a minor, managed to flee and he informed the family about the incident. The family called the police and the family was told to go to the hospital as the police already knew about the incident and had taken the two injured men to the hospital. Four people were arrested in the incident and police were looking out for other perpetrators.