UP cops made Muslim man pick beef from his mouth

2018-08-21

Main Information

  • Victim Names Bhure
  • Date of Incident 2018-08-21
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Alleged sale / consumption of other Non-Vegetarian diet
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Dinesh Tripathi
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Shahjahanpur, Bilandpur, Shahjahanpur
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Bilandpur, Shahjahanpur
  • Perpetrator Organization Police / Investigating agency
  • Place of incident N/A

A Muslim man, was reportedly stopped by cow vigilantes in the village of Bilandpur when they believed he was carrying cow flesh in a jute bag. He was attacked and turned over to the Nigohi police once they realized it was beef packages. At that point, the police made the choice to humiliate the man and forcibly made him pick packets of beef using his teeth. It had been photographed by villagers using their cellphones. Dinesh Tripathi, the Superintendent of Police (SP), City Shahjahanpur, has suspended a police inspector and a constable for the occurrence after taking serious note of it.