2015 Dadri lynching

2015 Dadri lynching
Dadri is located in India
Dadri
Dadri
Dadri (India)
LocationBisahda village, Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, India
Date28 September 2015
TargetAkhlaq family
Attack type
Lynching
Deaths1 (Mohammad Akhlaq)
Injured1 (Danish Akhlaq)
PerpetratorsCow vigilantes
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The 2015 Dadri lynching refers to case of lynching in which a mob of villagers attacked the home of 52 year-old Mohammed Akhlaq, killing him, for suspicion of slaughtering a cow.[1] The attack took place at night, on 28 September 2015 in Bisahda village, near Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, India. The mob consisting of local villagers, attacked Akhlaq's house with sticks, bricks and knives, saying that they suspected of him stealing and slaughtering a cow calf.

Mohammad Akhlaq Saifi (Ikhlaq according to some sources) died in the attack, and his son, 22-year-old Danish, was seriously injured. Later an Indian court found prima facie evidence of meat that may have been either mutton or beef, and ordered registration of a first information report (FIR) against Akhlaq.[2][3][4][5][6] Then the state government changed the original report and concluded that he was not storing beef for consumption.[7]

  1. ^ "Lynching accused in front row, Yogi says at Dadri: 'SP govt tried to curb our emotions'". The Indian Express. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Indian man lynched over beef rumours". BBC News. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Dadri: Outrage after mob lynches man for allegedly consuming beef". The Indian Express. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference AlJ-Rumors was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Bisara faces political polarisation". Deccan Herald. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Dadri lynching: Court orders FIR against murdered Mohammad Akhlaq, his kin". Indian Express. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  7. ^ Apoorvanand. "What is behind India's epidemic of 'mob lynching'?". www.aljazeera.com.