A Muslim man and a Muslim woman harassed

2016-03-17

Main Information

  • Victim Names Mazlum Ansari, Imteyaz Ali
  • Date of Incident 2016-03-17
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Vinod Prajapti, Arun Sao, Mithilesh Prasad Sahu, Pramod Kumar Sahu, Manoj Kumar Sahu, Awadesh Sahu, Vishal Tiwary, Shahdev Soni
  • State Jharkhand
  • City/District Latehar, Jhabar Village
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Jhabar Village
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

Two Muslim cattle herders were lynched by a mob in Jharkhand. Then their unconscious bodies were hanged from the tree. The lynching was a pre planned attack. The duo was on their way to sell the last herd of cattle when they were waylaid. The police failed to take necessary action and did not relate the murder to a communal angle. 8 people were arrested but were released even before the chargesheet was filed. The main accused who is a local BJP leader has not been arrested till date. The duo wanted to sell their cattle because of the continuous death threats they were getting.