Muslim auto driver attacked with iron rod

2019-07-10

Main Information

  • Victim Names Mohammed Arif Qureshi
  • Date of Incident 2019-07-10
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Gujarat
  • City/District Ahmedabad, Ghatlodia area, Ahmedabad
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Ghatlodia area, Ahmedabad
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

A Muslim autorickshaw driver was threatened and attacked for picking up a passenger from a Hindu locality in Ghatlodia area, Ahmedabad. The man tried to attack the victim, Qureshi, with an iron rod but he drove off and evaded it. His fare meter got damaged during the incident. Qureshi approached a city-based lawyer Imtiyaz Pathan who helped him meet the police commissioner AK Singh. Police filed section 294(b) and 427 of the IPC against the accused.