Dadri killing an "accident"' says Minister

Union Minister Mahesh Sharma on Thursday described the lynching of a 50-year-old man in Dadri by a mob, allegedly over consumption of beef, as an "accident" and said that no "communal colour" should be given to it, even as the family of the victim is planning to move out of the village fearing that it may happen again. "This (incident) should be considered as an accident without giving any communal colour to it," Sharma, Minister of State for Tourism and BJP MP from Noida, said. "Two other families live with the affected family in the middle of the village and their walls adjoin with others. About 10-12 houses of other community are in the outlying part of the village but no incident concerning them has happened," he said. "I feel this incident occurred due to some misunderstanding and the law should truthfully act against whoever is responsible for it," he said. Iqlakh was beaten to death and his 22-year-old son Danish son was critically injured by a mob, which barged into their house following rumours that the family had consumed beef, on Monday night.