Boy set ablaze for refusal to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'

2019-07-28

Main Information

  • Victim Names Khalid Ansari
  • Date of Incident 2019-07-28
  • Nature of Violence Murder/Lynch
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Chandauli, Dudhari, UP
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Dudhari, UP
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

A 15-year-old Muslim boy was set on fire by four people in Chandauli district when the boy refused to chant “Jai Shri Ram”. The incident took place on Sunday night and the boy has been admitted in Kabir Chaura hospital in Varanasi. The condition of the boy with 60 per cent burns is said to be critical. “I was walking on Dudhari bridge when four men kidnapped me. Two of them tied my hand and third one started pouring kerosene. After which they set me on fire and ran away,” he said.