Muslim Youth Beaten Up On Suspicion Of Carrying Beef In Nagpur:- A police official said on Thursday, on the suspicion of carrying beef, a 31-year-old man was allegedly thrashed by a group of persons in Nagpur.

In this connection, four individuals have been arrested by the police. The victim identified as Salim Ismail Sheikh, was returning home last evening on his bike and that is when 5-6 men apprehended him at a bus stop in Bharsingi village of Nagpur rural, and asked him to get off the two-wheeler. Sheikh is a resident of the district’s Katol town. The men asked Sheikh to show the meat he was carrying in the dicky of his bike. Nagpur rural Superintendent of Police Shailesh Balkawade said, when he resisted, the men allegedly thrashed him. In the attack, Sheikh suffered injuries on his face and neck. According to police sources, he was admitted to a hospital in Nagpur and discharged on Thursday.

The victim, following the incident, lodged a complaint against unidentified persons. An official said, the police on the basis of the incident’s purported video clip which went viral were able to establish the identity of the accused.

Last night, two of the accused were arrested and this morning as many others were taken into custody, the SP said. A police official said, those arrested have been identified as Ashwin Uike (35), Rameshwar Taywade (42), Moreshwar Tandurkar (36) and Jagdish Chaudhari (25).

Under IPC sections 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), they have been booked, he said.

The section 326 of IPC draws in a maximum punishment of life imprisonment. The meat has been seized and sent to a forensic lab in Nagpur for testing, said the SP.

The report is awaited. To a query, he said the police are investigating the incident and trying to find out whether the men were ‘cow vigilantes’. From all angles, the incident is being investigated, he added.

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