Bihar: Police book 19, arrest 2 for attacking man on beef suspicion

While the RJD calls it ‘a clear case of mob lynching’, the BJP questioned the police over not taking action against the man who was assaulted.

Alam, in charge, Vidyapati Nagar Police Station, said, “In the FIR, Qureshi told us that he sold mutton. However, we have been investigating the case". (Representational image/File)

Police in Bihar’s Samastipur district have booked 19 people and arrested two of them for allegedly assaulting a Muslim man on the suspicion that he was selling beef.

A video of the assault had been shared widely on social media.

According to the FIR, Sarjulum Qureshi, 54, a resident of Rahimabad village, was returning home on August 16 after selling mutton. Qureshi told police he had been assaulted and the `6,500 he was carrying was snatched. A police officer lodged a suo motu FIR against 19 people on August 17. The accused were identified through the viral video and booked under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to murderous assault.

Police said the two men who were arrested on August 26 are as Raja and Roshan Kumar Jha. Most of the accused are either self-employed or unemployed, and are not associated with any cow vigilante group.

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