Moradabad: Man Lynched Over Alleged Cow Slaughter; Burial Held Under Police Surveillance

A man succumbed to injuries after he was beaten up by a mob for slaughtering a cow along with two others, who escaped from there.

Moradabad: A case of mob lynching has come to light in the Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh. People caught a cow smuggler while he was slaughtering a bovine animal. A video of the mob beating the person accused of cow slaughter is circulating widely on social media.

After getting the information, the police reached the spot and admitted the accused to the hospital for treatment. The man died late on Monday night. The police got the post-mortem done at night and made arrangements for the burial. A heavy police force has been deployed at the house of the deceased accused.

According to the police, information of cow slaughter by three people was received at 3 am on Monday in the Mandi Samiti of the Majhola police station area of ​​​​Moradabad. People who reached the spot caught one of the three accused. The two other accused took advantage of the darkness and fled from the spot. On getting the information of cow slaughter, the workers of Bajrang Dal organization rushed to the spot. The man accused of slaughtering the cow was beaten badly by everyone at the spot.

The police took the injured person to the hospital where he succumbed during treatment. The municipal corporation team came to the place and cremated the cow remains. The body of the deceased was buried in the cemetery on Tuesday morning under police protection.

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