Locals Demand To Bulldoze Home Of Man Who Killed Person Over Suspicion Of Him Being A Muslim
A 65-year-old mentally unwell man was allegedly thrashed to death in the Manasa area of Neemuch district in Madhya Pradesh A video of the same went viral on social media on Friday Seeking revenge locals from his village are demanding that the house of the perpetrator be bulldozed. Perpetrator a BJP worker arrested after massive public outrage.
A 65-year-old mentally unwell man was allegedly thrashed to death in the Manasa area of Neemuch district in Madhya Pradesh.
A video of the same went viral on social media on Friday.
Seeking revenge, locals from his village are demanding that the house of the perpetrator be bulldozed.
A video of a man thrashing a mentally-ill person went viral on social media. In the video, a man can be seen thrashing the victim, Bhanwarlal Jain, on suspicion of belonging to a particular religion. In the video, the accused was also seen demanding Aadhaar card from the victim.
Trigger warning: A differently-abled elderly person Bhanwarlal Jain was brutally beaten in MP's Neemuch over suspicion of being a Muslim. The person (Dinesh Kushwaha) can be seen asking 'Are you Mohammed, Show me your Identity Card', while thrashing him. He Was Later Found Dead. pic.twitter.com/o0xvlFoUXK
¡ª Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) May 21, 2022
A man in a red shirt can be seen slapping the old man continuously and asking, "Is your name Mohammad? Show me your Aadhaar card."
Perpetrator, a BJP worker, arrested
A BJP worker from Madhya Pradesh who was seen assaulting an elderly man on video has been arrested after massive public outrage.
Bhopal MP| He was old, got lost & could not introduce himself. His family told us he was mentally unstable. Accused was identified & booked under 302 & 304 IPC. We are maintaining communication with family, they are satisfied: Narottam Mishra, MP Home Min on Neemuch incident pic.twitter.com/V7dC7pRyKI
¡ª ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) May 21, 2022
The attacker, identified as Dinesh Kushwaha, is a BJP worker and husband of a former BJP corporator.
The incident
Bhanwarlal Jain went with his mother Pistabai, the sarpanch of the village, and other family members to Chittorgarh in Rajasthan for prayers on May 15.
Bhanwarlal Jain, who was differently-abled and had trouble with memory, went missing from Rajasthan. His family lodged a missing complaint at the police station there.
MP | Yesterday we found a body on Rampura road in Manasa. The body was handed over to the family of the deceased. Today a video was found on the mobile of the brother of the deceased. In which a person is assaulting his deceased brother: SHO KL Dangi TI, Manasa PS, Neemuch pic.twitter.com/sJlomdIPcQ
¡ª ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) May 21, 2022
Later, they received information that a body had been found in Manasa in Neemuch district of MP. They reached there and identified the body. On Friday, they performed the last rites.
When the family saw the video, they lodged a police complaint.
The villagers got angry after seeing the video and demanded that strict action be taken against the perpetrator.
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