Cow vigilantes thrash three Muslims in Lakhimpur

2018-06-26

Main Information

  • Victim Names Talib Khan, Bhure, Golu
  • Date of Incident 2018-06-26
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Suraj
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Lakhimpur, Lakhimpur
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

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

Three Muslim youth were brutally beaten by cow vigilantes in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. The names of the victims were Talib Khan, Bhure, and Golu. A cow of a villager got loose and the villagers were searching for it. They found the cow and found the three youths. Suraj along with his accomplices thrashed the three youths on suspicion of cow theft. The police later took the three youth into custody over the allegation of theft. However the families of the victims deny any such claims and their link with any theft at all