FIR Registered in Shocking Assault Case of Elderly Muslim Man In Maharashtra (image-twitter/zoo_bear)
An elderly man was assaulted and abused by a group of co-passengers while traveling on an express train in Igatpuri in Maharashtra’s Nashik district accusing him of carrying beef. The video of the hate crime was widely shared on social media.
Alt News cofounder, Muhammed Zubair has shared the recent development in the incident on the microblogging platform. An FIR has been registered against the accused. The screenshot of the FIR was posted on X.
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The hate crime survivor was identified as Haji Ashraf. The video showed a dozen people assaulting the Muslim man and verbally abusing him inside a train.
As per the FIR report, sections 189(2), 191(2), 126(2), 190, 115(2), 352, 324(4) and 351(3) was registered.
The Government Railway Police (GRP) said on Saturday that it has initiated a probe after a video of the incident, which took place earlier this week, surfaced on social media, as per the PTI report.
FIR registered. https://t.co/QBDHkh0LcT pic.twitter.com/ntidopXcDB
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) August 31, 2024
“We have taken cognisance of the video and identified the victim. Some of the people involved in the attack have also been identified, and a probe is on,” the official said.
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Responding to the incident, former MP and AIMIM Maharashtra Unit President Imtiaz Jaleel stated that it’s high time for all secular Indians to come together to defeat such forces. “We just can’t be mute spectators. It’s high time we, all secular Indians should come together to defeat these forces. How so much poison has spread among these men and how could they even think of doing such a thing to somebody who maybe their grandfathers age. Enough of giving memorandums and expressing our anger on social media. If govt and police is turning a blind eye then we as a community need to stand and counter these forces. It has become a normal trend now and we as Indians our doing nothing,” he wrote on X.
हम सिर्फ मूकदर्शक नहीं बने रह सकते। अब समय आ गया है कि हम, सभी धर्मनिरपेक्ष भारतीयों को इन ताकतों को हराने के लिए एक साथ आना चाहिए। इन लोगों के बीच कितना ज़हर फैल गया है और वे किसी ऐसे व्यक्ति के साथ ऐसा करने के बारे में कैसे सोच सकते हैं जो शायद उनके दादा की उम्र का है। बहुत हो… pic.twitter.com/VVRCMothto
— Imtiaz Jaleel (@imtiaz_jaleel) August 31, 2024
