SP City says action will be taken against the mob

Team Clarion  

MATHURA — Two Muslim men were intercepted and beaten up brutally by a Hindutva mob in Mathura for carrying meat through an area where there is a ban on meat products.

The two men have been identified as Ayub and Mausim. Notably, the police arrested them under Sections 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship) and 429 (mischief by killing or maiming cattle) of the IPC, and under the Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act.

Martand Prakash Singh, SP CITY, told Clarion India on the phone that the police are investigating the attack and assured that action will be taken against the mob.

The mob went live on Facebook, recording their assault, and asking viewers to amplify the video. The men were kicked and slapped repeatedly by the mob of about 15 people.

Ayub, 40, runs a licensed meat shop at Raya town and was taking meat there while Mausim, 23, was accompanying him.

Ayub, Mausim and Bahadur, the driver of the vehicle, have been arrested for ‘defiling a place of worship and alleged cow slaughter’.

Gau Raksha Dal’s Mathura district president, Sitaram Sharma, said that on Wednesday, he had got information that the ban on meat was being violated and the men were allegedly carrying beef despite the ban.

“Our informer had told us that meat was being transported from Agra to Mathura, which is illegal,” he said.

Gau Rakshak Dal president, Ravi Kant Sharma, said “After following them from the Yamuna Expressway exit, we stopped them at Mahavir Colony and handed them over to the police.”

Mathura SP (city), MP Singh, said, “About 160 kg meat has been seized and its samples sent for testing. The accused have been sent to judicial custody.”

The SP further said that, “The accused did not have a transit permit nor a refrigerator for transporting perishables — both of which are mandatory.”

-IANS Inputs added