Inflammatory atmosphere created by hate mongers

2014-01-06

Main Information

  • Victim Names Wahid
  • Date of Incident 2014-01-06
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Dhirender Kumar Tiwary, and others
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Balrampur, Belawa, Balrampur
  • Party in Power SP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Belawa, Balrampur
  • Perpetrator Organization Police / Investigating agency
  • Place of incident N/A

A Hindu man in an ebriated state hurled abuses at the Muslims. Later he came with other men armed with stocks and raided the houses of Muslims. They molested the women and abused the children too. One Muslim man Wahid got injured in the incident. The police were informed. But the police sided with perpetrators and booked several Muslim men along with Wahid and took them to the police station. Wahid was in a critical condition and he died in the police station. The police took him to the Memorial hospital but he was declared ‘brought dead.’ The police tried to frame the reason of death as death by the beatings of the goons. The police however did not press any charges against the goons. Police is also a part of the perpetrator.