'They spread Corona': Mentally Ill Muslim man lynched by mob in Saharanpur

Victim, Israr Ahmad

Video Source: Times Now

A Muslim man was brutally beaten by a mob accused of spreading the corona virus in the district of Saharanpur.

Event Date: June 18, 2020

Event Location: Dehra Village, Deoband Town, Saharanpur District

Victim: Israr Ahmad, Age: 35, Resident of Imaliya Village

Suspect: 1. Sunda, Son of Dharmveer
2. Dharmveer, Son of Baldev
3. Rohit, Son of Radeshyam
4. Rohit, Son of Vinod
5. Nitin, Son of Samarchand
6. Johur, Son of Nakli alias Chotu
7. Sattu, Son of Deepchand
8. Dharmendra
9. Ravi
10. Vijay
11. Bobby

Officials Accountable: Vineet Bhatnagar, Superintendent of Deoband Police

Yagya Dutt Sharma, Station House Deoband Police Officer

Rajnish Kumar, Circle Officer

First Incident Report: Filed

First Incident Report Details: FIR Number; 0432
Section 302: Punishment for murder

Section 147: Punishment for rioting
Section 148: Rioting while armed with a deadly weapon
Section 149: Unlawful assembly

Section 323: Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt

Section 341: Punishment for wrongful restraint

Case Update: July 1, 2020, Two arrests out of the nine suspected have been arrested.

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