File photo: Dalit youths in Una town were tied up with a vehicle and thrashed allegedly by the cow vigilantes.
AMN /SATNA (MP)
In another incident of cruelty against human being in the country, a 45-year-old man Siraj was beaten to death and his friend severally thrashed by four fanatic Hindus for allegedly slaughtering a bull in Satna district of BJP ruled Madhya Pradesh, the police said.
The four accused have been arrested, they said.
The police have arrested four persons — Pawan Singh (35), Vijay Singh (26), Phool Singh (36) and Narayan Singh (28) — in connection with the incident, he said.
The accused, on getting information that two persons were slaughtering a bull at a forest area in Anjar village, about 70 kms from here, reached the spot and allegedly beat one of them to death on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, Superintendent of Police Rajesh Hingerkar said.
The deceased has been identified as Siraj, he said.
The other person, identified as Shakeel (35), was also brutally beaten and sustained severe injuries, he said. Sub-Divisional Officer of Police, Maiher area, Arvind Tiwari, said they recovered “beef” and carcass of a slaughtered bull from the spot.
As per the investigation, the deceased was beaten with lathis , he said.
On getting information about the incident, the police reached the spot and rushed the injured person for treatment to a hospital in Jabalpur district, Tiwari said.
About 400 policemen have been deployed to maintain law and order in the area following the incident, Inspector General of Police, Rewa Range, Umesh Joga said.
Earlier too Akhlaq, Pehlu Khan, Junaid, Afrazul were killed in different parts of the country over beef or cow, yet no strigent action were taken against the killers.