Cow vigilantes set truck on fire

2015-10-09

Main Information

  • Victim Names Ramiz Ahmad Bhat, Zahid Rasool Bhat, Shaukat Dar
  • Date of Incident 2015-10-09
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Jammu and Kashmir
  • City/District Jammu, Udhampur
  • Party in Power JK PDP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Udhampur
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

Three Kashmiri Muslims were going in a truck. They were attacked by a petrol bumb in Udhampur. The driver escaped but the other two members including a policeman who tried to save them were inflicted with burns. This was done in a fit of rage because cow carcasses were found in the same area a day before. An FIR was filed under sections 307, 336, 437, 147, 148, 120B of the IPC and 427 RPC. 6 people were arrested.