Dairy vandalized on suspicion of beef trade

2019-05-27

Main Information

  • Victim Names Usman Qureshi, and others
  • Date of Incident 2019-05-27
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Ankit Dwivedi, Amarjit Singh, Shubhankar Dwivedi
  • State Chhattisgarh
  • City/District Raipur, Gokul Nagar, Raipur
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Gokul Nagar, Raipur
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

A Muslim man’s dairy was vandalized by self styled cow vigilantes in Raipur. The vigilantes attacked the shop on the suspicion of beef trade. They assaulted the shop owner and his associates too. The next day, around 50 members from the right wing groups, including the Bajrang Dal protest in front of the police station to file an FIR against the shop owner. 3 people were arrested by the police. They were kept under judicial custody. They were arrested under the sections 147, 148, 323, 380, 427, 457, and 120B of the Indian Penal Code