Duo beaten up by cow vigilantes

NEW DELHI: Despite permission from the police to avoid confusion over the sacrifice of buffaloes on Eid-al-Adha, two men were beaten up allegedly by a group of cow

NEW DELHI: Despite permission from the police to avoid confusion over the sacrifice of buffaloes on Eid-al-Adha, two men were beaten up allegedly by a group of cow vigilantes.

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The two men were beaten in outer Delhi’s Kirari village on Wednesday when they were on their way to dump the remains of animals, sacrificed in a madrasa in Outer Delhi on Wednesday.

The victims, Hafiz Abdul Khalid, 25, and Ali Hassan, 35, are residents of Prem Nagar-2.

Family members said they were carrying the remains of the buffaloes sacrificed on behalf of over 100 people.

Hundreds of residents had contributed money for the sacrifice of 18 buffaloes at the local madrasa.

The madarsa administration said they had permission from the police for the same.

It’s a common practice on Eid for people to contribute money to offer sacrifices to god.

The incident took place at 7.30 pm, when a group of 25 people chased three people who were in an auto, loaded with remains of buffaloes.

One of them, Abdus Salam, managed to escape.

Salam narrated the incident to the family, which called the police asking for protection. The police had taken the two injured people to hospital by then.

The locals, who accompanied the victim, named Jaibeer and Virender as suspects in the case because the two had reportedly been following them for the past few days. According to the locals, last year too the duo had issued threats.

Khalid and Ali have been admitted at Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital and will remain under observation. They have sustained head injuries apart from the injuries on other body parts. Khalid teaches students at a madarsa, while Ali Hassan is a driver.

Dr Shekhar Shivam, a surgeon at the hospital said, “The condition of patients is stable. Both have head injuries so both will remain under observation.”

DCP (Outer), Vikramjit Singh, said that four men have been arrested. Singh said that on Wednesday, locals gathered on being informed that animal meat was being carried.

“They asked them to stop and explain the meat, which triggered a fight. Other locals also joined in and thrashed them. We have booked all of them for attempt to murder and are on lookout for others.”