Five people arrested in Haryana for lynching of man suspected of eating beef | Latest India News

Five cow protectors were arrested for allegedly lynching a man suspected of eating beef, Haryana police said on Saturday.

The incident took place on August 27 in Charkhi Dadri district, a senior police official said, adding that Sabir Malik, the victim, was a labourer from West Bengal.

“The accused – Abhishek, Mohit, Ravinder, Kamaljit and Sahil – suspected that the victim had eaten beef and called him to a shop on the pretext of selling empty plastic bottles. There they beat him,” PTI quoted the official as saying.

“After some people intervened, the group took Malik to another location and beat him again, resulting in his death,” the official added.

The deceased lived in a hut near Bandhara village and earned his living by collecting garbage and rags.

In addition to the five accused, two minors were also arrested in this connection. Proceedings have been initiated against the accused under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

In February last year, two Muslim men from Rajasthan were kidnapped, attacked, killed and burnt to death, allegedly by a “cow protection gang” in Bhiwani, Haryana. Their charred bodies were later found in a car.

Monu Manesar alias Monu Yadav, an official of the right-wing extremist group Bajrang Dal, was arrested by the Rajasthan police in connection with the murder of Junaid (35) and Nasir (25).

Manesar had been in hiding since the incident and was arrested by Haryana police in September, ending a months-long manhunt.