Muslim Man Beaten, forced to eat Pork in Assam

2019-04-07

Main Information

  • Victim Names Shaukat Ali
  • Date of Incident 2019-04-07
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Assam
  • City/District Biswanath Chariali, Biswanath Chariali
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Biswanath Chariali
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

Shaukat Ali was heckled and trashed by a mob for alleged sale of beef, although the selling of beef is not completely banned in the state. The mob first lynched Shaukat while hurling abuses at him, he was even asked if he was “Bangladeshi” and whether his name is in the NRC list. While he was pleading to let go the mob forced him to eat pork knowing about his muslim identity. Police have filed 2 separate cases and started an investigation to nab the accused