A Muslim man was beaten to death by a mob on Tuesday after he hit a man participating in Dussehra celebrations in the Hap𓄧ur district of Uttar Pradesh. The accident escalated into a scuffle and led to the violent attack on the 25-year-old Irshad Mohammad.
Accordiꦜng to reports, Mohammad was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declare🧸d 'brought dead'.
Hapur SP Abhishek Verma told PTI, "Police received information that a p🐭erson named Irshad was lying injured near Luhari Market. Bahadurgarh Police instantly reached the spot and Irshad was taken to the CHC where he succumbed to his injuries. The inveওstigation revealed that a scuffle broke out between Irshad and another group over bike collision, in which Irshad suffered head injuries. The situation in the village is under control."
In the wake of the unfortunate event, there was a heightened state of agitation within the region. Consequently, the district administration found it necessary to allocate additional resources, including the deployment of a battalion from the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), with the objective of maintaining control and preventing potential commun🤪al disturbances.
Additional Superintendent of Police Raj Kumar told The Hindu, “We have arrested two people, and teams have been formed to nab the four other accused named in the First Information Report (FIR). We are keeping a c༒lose vigil in the area. After the incident, a PAC has also been deployed along with the additional district police to control the situation. The FIR is lodged at the Bahadurgarh police station under sections 302 (murder), 148 (armed with deadly weapon) and a few other sections."
