Noida: Muslim cab driver forced to chant 'Jai Sri Ram' before being killed

Victim, Aftab Amal

Source: NDTV

Source: The Wire

Source: Qaum Ki Baath

A Muslim cab driver by the name of Aftab Amal was brutally killed by three unidentified men before being forced to chant 'Jai Sri Ram.'

Event Date: September 6, 2020

Event Time: 8:39 p.m.

Event Location: Badalpur, Near Gautum Budh Nagar, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Victim: Aftab Amal

Victim Age: 45

Victim Place of Residence: Mayur Vihar, Trilokpuri Area, Delhi

Suspect: Three publicly unidentified men

Suspect Place of Residence: Unidentified

Officials Accountable: Harish Chandra, Greater Noida Deputy of Police Commissioner

Arrests: No

First Incident Report: Filed

First Incident Report Details:

Section 302: Punishment for murder

Section 394: Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery

Section 201: Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender

Case Update: Mobile phone and cash was also stolen from the victim. Suspects have been identified through CCTV footage. No arrests have been made.

Statement: “His tongue area was badly bruised, ears were bleeding, there was a big cut on his face. This is clearly a case of mob lynching,” he said, using the phrase which has come to symbolise hate crimes in India. “But the police has only registered a robbery case.” - Sabir Alam, son of victim

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