Edit incident article: Deaths of three cattle transporters at Arang

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<languages/> <translate> <!--T:9--> The '''2024 Arang lynching''' refers to the deaths of three cattle transporters from [[Uttar Pradesh]] after their truck was chased by a group of men to the bridge over the Mahanadi river at Arang, Raipur district, [[Chhattisgarh]], on 7 June 2024.<ref name="quint-2024-06-08" /> Two died that day and the third on 18 June.<ref name="scroll-2024-06-18" /> The victims' relatives described it as a mob attack, while the police chargesheet stated that the men had jumped from the bridge out of fear and had not been assaulted.<ref name="dtnext-2024-07-18" /> == Background == <!--T:10--> <!--T:11--> Guddu Khan, 35, from Shamli district, and the cousins Chand Miya Khan and Saddam Qureshi, both 23, from Saharanpur district of [[Uttar Pradesh]], worked as cattle transporters. On the night of 6–7 June 2024 they were carrying cattle by truck from a village in Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh and, according to The Quint, were heading for a cattle market in Odisha.<ref name="quint-2024-06-08" /> Their truck, loaded with buffaloes, was later found on the Mahanadi bridge.<ref name="dh-2024-06-18" /> == Incident == <!--T:12--> <!--T:13--> Police said the truck was followed by several men in the early hours of 7 June on suspicion of cow smuggling. Police sources told The Quint the incident had been planned, with nails on the road bursting the truck's tyres and forcing it to stop; Additional Superintendent of Police Kirtan Rathore confirmed that many nails had been recovered near the site.<ref name="quint-2024-06-08" /> <!--T:14--> Police found the three men lying on rocks below the bridge in the Arang area after receiving information that they were being chased.<ref name="scroll-2024-06-18" /> Chand Miya Khan was dead at the scene and Guddu Khan died at a hospital in Mahasamund.<ref name="quint-2024-06-08" /> Saddam Qureshi, who had a major head injury and multiple fractures, remained in a coma at a hospital in Raipur until his death on 18 June 2024.<ref name="scroll-2024-06-18" /> <!--T:15--> Relatives said the men made repeated phone calls home between about 2 am and 4 am on 7 June. A cousin said Chand Miya Khan had told him they were under attack by a mob before the call was cut, and that during a call lasting about 47 minutes Saddam Qureshi could be heard crying for help.<ref name="quint-2024-06-08" /><ref name="scroll-2024-06-18" /> == Investigation and legal proceedings == <!--T:16--> <!--T:17--> Arang police registered a first information report against unidentified persons under sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code, and a special team led by Rathore was formed.<ref name="quint-2024-06-08" /> Rathore said CCTV footage showed men following the truck but that there was no camera on the bridge, so police could not confirm whether the men had been attacked or had jumped out of fear. He said the bodies had external injuries and that only doctors could say whether they were caused by the fall of about 30 feet or by an assault.<ref name="quint-2024-06-08" /><ref name="scroll-2024-06-18" /> <!--T:18--> No arrests had been made by 18 June.<ref name="scroll-2024-06-18" /> Five men were later arrested, and on 8 July 2024 police filed a chargesheet in a Raipur court charging them under sections 304 and 34 (common intention) of the IPC. According to the chargesheet, the accused chased the truck in three cars for about 53 km, partly on the wrong side of the road, and threw iron spikes and stones at it; it stated that the three men jumped from the bridge out of fear and were not assaulted. The attempt to murder charge was dropped after Qureshi's post-mortem report did not show homicidal injuries.<ref name="dtnext-2024-07-18" /> == Reactions == <!--T:19--> <!--T:20--> The All India Kisan Sabha called on Parliament to enact a law against mob lynching and hate crimes and demanded a judicial inquiry into the incident, including the role of the police.<ref name="dh-aiks-2024" /> Congress legislators raised the case in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly, saying that three persons of a minority community had been killed by a mob in Arang, as part of a charge that law and order in the state had collapsed.<ref name="theprint-2024" /> </translate> == <translate><!--T:21--> References</translate> == <references> <ref name="quint-2024-06-08">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/raipur-chhattisgarh-lynching-muslim-men-killed-over-cow-smuggling-suspicion|title='They Were Being Followed': Police After 2 Killed In The Alleged Raipur Lynching|publisher=The Quint|date=2024-06-08|author=Vishnukant Tiwari|access-date=2026-10-31}}</ref> <ref name="scroll-2024-06-18">{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/latest/1069465/chhattisgarh-man-dies-in-hospital-10-days-after-he-was-allegedly-lynched-for-transporting-cattle|title=Chhattisgarh: Man dies in hospital 10 days after he was allegedly attacked for transporting cattle|publisher=Scroll.in|date=2024-06-18|author=Scroll Staff|access-date=2026-10-31}}</ref> <ref name="dh-2024-06-18">{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/mob-attack-on-cattle-transporters-in-raipur-lone-survivor-succumbs-to-injuries-3070840|title='Mob attack' on cattle transporters in Raipur: Lone survivor succumbs to injuries|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=2024-06-18|access-date=2026-10-31}}</ref> <ref name="dtnext-2024-07-18">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dtnext.in/news/national/2-cattle-transporters-aide-died-after-jumping-off-chhattisgarh-bridge-no-assault-on-them-police-chargesheet-795456|title=2 cattle transporters, aide died after jumping off Chhattisgarh bridge, no assault on them: Police chargesheet|publisher=DT Next|date=2024-07-18|author=PTI|access-date=2026-10-31}}</ref> <ref name="dh-aiks-2024">{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/parliament-should-enact-law-to-prevent-mob-lynching-hate-crimes-farmers-body-3060890|title=Parliament should enact law to prevent mob lynching, hate crimes: Farmers' body|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=2024|access-date=2026-10-31}}</ref> <ref name="theprint-2024">{{Cite news|url=https://theprint.in/india/law-and-order-has-collapsed-in-bjp-ruled-chhattisgarh-congress-says-in-assembly/2189895/|title=Law and order has 'collapsed' in BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh: Congress says in assembly|publisher=ThePrint|date=2024|access-date=2026-10-31}}</ref> </references> {{Incident navbox}}