Man Lynched To Death Over Rumours Of Consuming Beef, Police Sends Meat For Forensic Test #WTF
A 50-year-old man was lynched to death by a mob near Delhi on Monday night for allegedly consuming beef at home. Mohammad Akhlaq was dragged out of his housebrutally beaten with bricks and kicked by the people. His son 22 was also dragged out by villagers along with him and beaten up. Police arrested six men from the spot and sent the meat for forensic testing Investigation to determine how the beef rumor began is underway.
A 50-year-old man was lynched to death by a mob near Delhi on Monday night, for allegedly consuming beef at home.
Mohammad Akhlaq was dragged out of his house,brutally beaten with bricks and kicked by the people. His son, 22, was also dragged out by villagers along with him and beaten up. Akhlaq succumbed to injuries before he could be taken to hospital while his son was admitted in critical condition.
The villagers broke into the house, assaulted the women before dragging the two out.
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"My husband was bleeding. His head was smashed. They beat the family...my husband had no enemies,"Akhlaq's wife was quoted telling NDTV.
Meat sent for testing! But why?
Akhlaq's daughter was quoted saying that they only had mutton in their fridge. Police arrested six men from the spot and sent the meat for forensic testing. Investigation to determine how the beef rumor began is underway. "We found out that the people beat them because they consumed cow meat. More people will be arrested," said S Kiran, a senior police officer said.
Recently several state governments passed strict laws banning cow slaughter and sale and consumption of beef but UP and nearby Delhi don't fall under this ambit. The ban however sparked a huge debate, questioning how the government could decide what one should consume and what not.
Incidents of people going to such an extent to kill people over rumours of beef consumption is an indication towards a dangerous trend which must be stopped immediately.
Twitteratis strongly reacted to the incident with most condemning such an act of barbarism.
If Indian Government has any shame then it will end the beef ban across India in response to the recent "beef murder" by Hindutva terrorists
¡ª BB (@brownbrumby) September 30, 2015
Words fail to condemn this barbarism enough. How can a society grow with so much hate&intolerance http://t.co/aRV5PZjLuk
¡ª Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) September 30, 2015
A man is murdered but what could be more important than having a lab check whether the meat in his fridge was #beef? https://t.co/Mca1YnOgY3
¡ª Anna MM Vetticad (@annavetticad) September 30, 2015
I have eaten beef Instead of attacking helpless people come 2 me. I have danda waiting for u &is getting impatient http://t.co/GLChr8KOrN
¡ª Markandey Katju (@mkatju) September 30, 2015
Hatred and intolerance are getting mainstreamed. Don't tell me only one man was killed over beef rumours. Even one killing is one too many.
¡ª Sachin Kalbag (@SachinKalbag) September 30, 2015
