Dadri lynching incident ‘unfortunate’, but should not be politicised: Rajnath Singh

The Home Minister also said no one should do politics over the incident.

“The incident should not be politicised,” he said, as political leaders continued to make a beeline to Bisara village in Dadri where Ikhlaq, 50, was beaten to death by a mob on Monday night after a public announcement was made from a local temple that a calf had been slaughtered and his family had eaten beef.

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Ikhlaq’s 22-year-old son Danish was also attacked by the mob and is battling for life at a hospital following two brain surgeries.

The incident has sparked outrage in the country, with parties attacking the BJP alleging that the killing was a result of its “politics of hatred”.

Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma, who is also the local BJP MP, had claimed that it was an “accident” and had rejected allegations that it was a “premeditated murder”.