Sonbhandra: Muslim man axed to death by a mob for attempting to preserve Muslim holy site

Victim, Mohammad Anwar

Victims family with the police 

  
A Muslim man was axed by a mob of 21 people for protecting a Muslim holy site in the Parsoi Village of Sonbhandra.

Event Date: March 20, 2019,

Event Location: Parsoi Village, Sonbhandra, Uttar Pradesh

Victim: Mohammad Anwar, Age: 50

Suspect: 19 publicly unidentified men
               2 unknown men

Officials Accountable: Salmantaj Jafertaj Patil, Superintendent of Police
                                       Vijay Prathap Singh

Arrests: Yes

First Incident Report: Filed

First Incident Report Details: 
Section 147: Punishment for rioting
Section 148: Rioting with a deadly weapon
Section 149: Unlawful assembly
Section 295: Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class
Section 302: Punishment for murder

Case Update: 13 people out of the 21 suspects were taken into custody.

Sources: 
            1. March 23, 2019, First Post

            2. March 26, 2019, Hindustan Times

            3. March 24, 2019, The Quint

            4. March 23, 2019, The Print

            5. March 25, 2019, The Wire

            6.March 24, 2019, Times of India

            7. March 24, 2019, Indian Express

            8. March 25, 2019, Sabrang India

            9. March 25, 2019, India Tomorrow

           10. March 24, 2019, Times Headline

            11. March 24, 2019, Press Reader

            12. March 24, 2019, News Dog

            13. March 24, 2019, Rivanch