Cattle smugglers lynched by UP villagers

2015-04-22

Main Information

  • Victim Names Nazir, Raees, Amzad Ali
  • Date of Incident 2015-04-22
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Bahraich, Kotwali Village, Bahraich
  • Party in Power SP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Kotwali Village, Bahraich
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

3 Muslim men were trying to smuggle cattle. They were trying to load the van with buffaloes. The villagers saw them and reached the spot. One of the accused managed to escape. The villagers beat one of them brutally and he died on his way to the hospital. The third one died while he was trying to flee as his van turned upside down. Police later arrested the man who had managed to flee