Muslim man beaten to death

2016-01-31

Main Information

  • Victim Names Mankkadu Veetil Shabeer, his friend
  • Date of Incident 2016-01-31
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Kerala
  • City/District Thiruvananthapuram, Vakkom, Trivandrum,
  • Party in Power INC

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Vakkom, Trivandrum,
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

A Muslim man along with his friend was going on a bike. They were stopped by 4 people. The 4 youths started assaulting them. They tried to run, but they couldn’t escape. They were beaten with sticks. They were taken to the hospital where one of the men died. According to the reports, the man who died was a witness to the crime committed by one of those 4 men earlier. They thrashed him in revenge. The video was uploaded on social media and it went viral. Police arrested all the 4 accused.