Three arrested for beating youths for carrying ‘suspicious’ meat

Three arrested for beating youths for carrying ‘suspicious’ meat

Faridabad, October 15 : Police arrested three people suspected to be among the vigilantes who had beaten five youths on suspicion of carrying beef.Police said two brothers Isaan Mohammad and Shahzad along with Shakeel, Sonu, and Azaad Mohammad – all residents of three villages in Faridabad district – were thrashed by a mob of cow vigilantes on Friday when they were carrying meat in an auto-rickshaw.On Saturday, police booked 15–20 unidentified people for rioting (Section 148); voluntarily causing hurt (Section 323); wrongful restraint (Section 341); and criminal intimidation (Section 506) at the Mujessar police station.The five victims were also booked in a cross case, but the meat in question turned out to be buffalo meat, not cow meat.

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