Members of Baj Rang Dal group set ablaze Muslim woman's business for allegedly selling beef

Eight men belonging to the right-wing activist group, Bajrang Dal, set ablaze the canteen of Khamrunissa for allegedly selling beef in the Hasan district of Karnataka.

Event Date: January 31, 2019

Event Time: 3:30 p.m.

Event Location: APMC Market, Sakleshpur, Hasan District, Karnataka

Victim: 1. Khamrunissa, Age: 70, Resident of Raghavendra Nagar
             2. Shamim, Age: 50, Resident of Raghavendra Nagar

Suspects: 1. Karthik, Age: 24, President of local unit of Bajrang Dal in Sakleshpur
                2. Deepu, Age: 21
                3. Prathap, Age: 29
                4. Raghu, Age: 20
                5. Publicly unidentified minor
                6. Unidentified
                7. Unidentified
                8. Unidentified

Officials Accountable: A.N. Prakash Gowda, Superintendent of Police

Arrests: Yes

First Incident Report: Filed 

First Incident Report Details:
Section 143: Punishment for unlawful assembly
Section 147: Punishment for rioting
Section 148: Rioting while armed with a deadly weapon
Section 149: Unlawful assembly
Section 323: Voluntarily causing hurt
Section 354: Assault on women 
Section 427: Causing damage 
Section 436: Committing mischief by fire 
Section 504: Intentional insult with the intent to provoke peace
Section 506: Criminal intimidation 

Victim Statement:

“Some of the boys who vandalised my shop grew up before my eyes,” said seventy-year-old Khamrunissa.

Sources: 
            1. February 7, 2019, News Central 24x7

            2. February 7, 2019, News 18

            3. February 3, 2019, The Hindu

            4. February 7, 2019, News Now Digital

            5. February 7, 2019, The News Minute

            6. February 14, 2019, Coastal Digest

            7. February 5, 2019, Siasat Daily

            8. February 4, 2019, Nayadaur