In Dhatkidih village, Jharkhand
a Muslim boy named Tabrez Ansari
was tied to a pole and was brutally assaulted.
They forced him to chant “Jai Shri Ram and “Jai Hanuman”.
They kept beating him for hours.
You would think he was beaten up for being a Muslim, for transporting cattle for slaughter & selling beef.
That was not the case.
His crime was much smaller. People had suspected him of theft
plus he was a Muslim. They caught hold of him and thrashed him.
This stresses me and gives lot of pain.
When people came to know that a person has committed a crime,
they themselves decide to punish and beat the person.
When I see this, it looks like they are beating him for belonging to different religion. Hindus have started assaulting Muslims.
His pictures went viral all over social media. People started hate messages about him as well.
Whether it was true or not it did not matter. Some were true and some false.
All of it went viral over.
They kept hitting him and made him chant as well.
The police came extremely late, arrested the boy and took him to the police station.
The put him in the jail.
The police filed an FIR in which they recorded details about the theft.
However they did not mention that he was assaulted by a mob.
They merely recorded details about the theft and put him in jail.
In the jail after his condition worsened, the police then took him to a hospital, where he died.
Many said that cow protection groups, would lynch people suspected of selling beef.
Now look at Tabrez Ansari.
He was only a thief. They went mad when they came to know he was a Muslim.
Due to a slight offence, they decided to beat him up.
It pains me to see this.The situation has worsened & it does not feel good to see this.
This Hindu group does not target only Muslims. They also target people from other religions and force them all
to chant Hindu slogans. They themselves keep people telling to do this.
On 23rd June, police arrested 11 people involved in the lynching.
Out of these, five of the men had completed Class 10.
The remaining were either uneducated or unemployed.
Two police personnel were suspended for their inaction as well.
Till now 18 people in Jharkhand have lost their lives to lynching.
11 of them who died were Muslims
Muslim community leaders have demanded strict punishment.
The 11 people who were arrested and jailed must not be given minor punishments.
They must be given severe punishments.
When terrorists are caught and given strict punishments,
similar punishment should be given to them as well.
Hitting him is not a small thing. This is not acceptable.
PM Modi said that, the mob took matters in their hand and beat him up. Looking at Tabrez has caused him too much pain.
He said that the guilty will be given the strictest punishment.