{"id":58035,"date":"2025-08-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/2025\/08\/25\/widespread-anger-in-india-after-muslim-man-in-his-fifties-beaten-to-death-by-hindu-mob-in-uttar-pradesh\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T00:00:00","slug":"widespread-anger-in-india-after-muslim-man-in-his-fifties-beaten-to-death-by-hindu-mob-in-uttar-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/2025\/08\/25\/widespread-anger-in-india-after-muslim-man-in-his-fifties-beaten-to-death-by-hindu-mob-in-uttar-pradesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Widespread Anger in India After Muslim Man in His Fifties Beaten to Death by Hindu Mob in Uttar Pradesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;; color: rgb(238, 0, 0); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Widespread Anger in<br \/>\nIndia After Muslim Man in His Fifties Beaten to Death by Hindu Mob in Uttar<br \/>\nPradesh<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Muslim citizen Mushtaq<br \/>\nAhmed (50) was killed on Friday evening after being brutally assaulted by a<br \/>\ngroup of Hindu villagers in Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh, northern India,<br \/>\non allegations of being a suspected thief.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Videos circulating on<br \/>\nsocial media showed the victim being beaten with sticks by several people,<br \/>\nwhile crowds around them chanted, before he collapsed to the ground as the<br \/>\nattackers continued the assault. His body was found the following Saturday<br \/>\nmorning lying in the area.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Suspicions Over Police<br \/>\nRole<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Relatives of the victim<br \/>\nexpressed doubts regarding the police\u2019s handling of the case, affirming that<br \/>\nAhmed had visited the police station earlier on the day of his death concerning<br \/>\na family matter, carrying with him an amount of 50,000 rupees.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Hours later, his<br \/>\nmotorcycle was found in a nearby village and taken by police to the station,<br \/>\nbefore his body was discovered the next day without notifying the family or<br \/>\npresenting the body to them before the autopsy.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Arrest of Suspects<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">The victim\u2019s brother,<br \/>\nMuhammad Zubair, stated that the assault involved religious slurs, adding that<br \/>\nbetween 15 and 20 people took part in the attack. He confirmed that Ahmed tried<br \/>\nto convince them he was a resident of a nearby village, but they continued<br \/>\nbeating him to death.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">For its part, the<br \/>\npolice announced that they had reviewed the circulated footage and opened a<br \/>\ncase based on the family\u2019s complaint, confirming that five individuals were<br \/>\narrested after being identified in the videos, while investigations are still<br \/>\nongoing.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;; 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