Shocked Muslims plan to quit village after lynching

Shocked and shaken to the core, Muslims of Bishada village on the outskirts of the national capital, where a man was lynched over rumours of his family having eaten beef, are contemplating moving out as the local administration scrambled to stem simmering tension. The Centre has, meanwhile, sought a detailed report from the Uttar Pradesh government on the incident and asked it to ensure that no such incidents recur. Heavy security deployment in the aftermath of the Monday night incident has failed to instill confidence among the 50 odd Muslim families, who unnerved by the killing of 50-year-old Mohammed Iqlakh, want to shift to safer places. Iqlakh was dragged out of his home by a lynch mob of 200 people and beaten to death for allegedly eating beef. "Our lives are in danger. I'm planning to move from here. We will move from here because this can happen again anytime. Who will ensure us that this won't happen again?" said a distraught Sartaj, Iqlakh's son, who serves in the Indian Air Force. The victim's another son, 22-year-old Danish, who was mercilessly assaulted, is recuperating in a hospital. "We will move out to our relatives in Delhi or other states if the situation here deteriorates any further," said Raisuddin, another resident. However, District Magistrate N P Singh claimed the situation in the village is "under control" and the administration is making efforts to maintain order by forming peace committees with representation from both the majority and minority communities. As the situation threatened to spiral out of control following incident, contingents of Provincial Armed Constabulary and reinforcements from adjoining Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr and Hapur had been rushed to the village. Sartaj said his father was suffering from typhoid and had low blood pressure when the mob bludgeoned him to death. He said he was not aware of any tension in the village preceding the incident. "As far as I know, there wasn't any tension. Everything was normal. I spoke to my father an hour before the incident and asked about his well being. He was suffering from typhoid and his BP was below normal. Rest was fine till then. He was dragged outside the house, obviously neighbours were involved," he said.

Asad Owaisi blasts UP Government over lynching incident

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi today attacked the Samajwadi Party Government for being a "mute spectator" to the incident of lynching of a man in Uttar Pradesh over rumours of his family having eaten beef. "Is our democracy going to become a banana republic? Can they kill a person? Then why is there law or court or police?" Owaisi questioned. A 50-year-old man was beaten to death and his son seriously injured by a mob which barged into their house in Dadri, UP on Monday night following rumours that the family had consumed beef. Cow slaughter is banned in Uttar Pradesh. "This is completely wrong. It is regrettable that the Samajwadi Government there is highly incompetent and it became a mute spectator (to the incident) and kept its eyes closed," the Hyderabad MP said. He alleged that the "Sangh Parivar" is trying to convert India into a "Hindu Nation". "A person whose son works with Air Force has been killed. What message is being sent out to the people through such acts?" Owaisi asked.

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.

Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis enter Wuhan Open semis

Ace Indian tennis star Sania Mirza continued her juggernaut with partner Martina Hingis as the Indo-Swiss pair entered the semi-finals of the Wuhan Open WTA tournament here today. The top-seeded duo eased past the fifth-seeded US combine of Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinal battle. Sania and Hingis had it relatively easy in the second round against Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Anastasia Rodionova (6-3, 6-2) after getting a first round bye in the tournment. The successful pair have been on a high after winning the Wimbledon doubles crown and then the US Open trophy this year to add to their cabinet.

Dadri lynching case: Home Ministry seeks report from UP govt

Home Ministry has sought a report from Uttar Pradesh government on lynching of a man in Dadri for allegedly consuming beef. It has asked the state government to ensure that no such incident recurs. A 58-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death and his son was injured by a mob in Bisada village of Greater Noida following rumours that their family was involved in the slaughter of a cow.

Telangana Assembly adjourned till Monday

Dadri lynching incident is a blot on democracy' says Asad Owaisi