Man lynched for fishing near the Temple

2018-09-17

Main Information

  • Victim Names Azhar Khan ,Shahnawaz Khan , Naushad Khan , Anwar Khan
  • Date of Incident 2018-09-17
  • Nature of Violence Murder/Lynch
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Unknown
  • State Rajasthan
  • City/District Chittorgarh, Chittorgarh
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

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

A man succumbed to his injuries after allegedly being beaten up by villagers for fishing near a temple in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district last week, Hindustan Times reported. Following the incident, a case of murder was filed against unidentified people by the police, but no one has been arrested yet, the report added. According to the police, 22-year-old victim Azhar Khan had gone to the banks of Ruparel river in Kheri village on 17 September along with three others, when some people purportedly stopped them. While three of them ended up escaping, the mob caught hold of Azhar and beat him up with bamboo sticks. admitted to the district hospital in Chittorgarh and subsequently taken to Udaipur medical college, where he died on 22 September.