Muslim man forced to cut beard

2015-05-16

Main Information

  • Victim Names Sanwar
  • Date of Incident 2015-05-16
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Deoband, Ganjheri Village, Deoband
  • Party in Power SP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Ganjheri Village, Deoband
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

A Muslim man was beaten in Deoband. He was going home late night after work. 4 motorcycles came and they started abusing him. Then he was beaten until he was unconscious. After that the accused cut off his beard. When the man, Sanwar, came back into consciousness, he was shocked. He reported the incident in his village. After that therer was a protest against the accused in the village. Police reached the spot and took control of the situation and assured that action will be taken against the accused