Edit incident article: Lynching of Qasim Qureshi

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<languages/> <translate> <!--T:9--> '''Qasim Qureshi''', a 45-year-old trader, was killed and Samiuddin, an older man, was injured when a mob attacked them at Bajhera Khurd village in Hapur district, [[Uttar Pradesh]], on 18 June 2018, following a rumour of cow slaughter.<ref name="livelaw-2018" /><ref name="quint-2018" /> The victims' families alleged that police recorded the incident as road rage, and the Supreme Court later ordered a senior officer to supervise the investigation.<ref name="livelaw-2018" /> In March 2024 a court in Hapur sentenced ten men to life imprisonment.<ref name="livelaw-2024" /> == Incident == <!--T:10--> <!--T:11--> On 18 June 2018 a mob of 20 to 25 people attacked Qasim and Samiuddin at Bajhera Khurd village on suspicion of cow slaughter.<ref name="quint-2018" /> Qasim died of his injuries, while Samiuddin survived.<ref name="livelaw-2018" /> A video that circulated afterwards showed Samiuddin, bleeding from the head, being made to say that he had been slaughtering a cow; Deccan Chronicle noted that the video's authenticity could not be independently confirmed.<ref name="dc-2018" /> <!--T:12--> A photograph that circulated on social media showed Qasim being dragged along the ground in the presence of policemen.<ref name="dc-2018" /> Uttar Pradesh Police apologised on Twitter, and said three personnel had acted in the heat of the moment to get the dying man to hospital; an inquiry was started against the officers involved.<ref name="dc-2018" /><ref name="livelaw-2024" /> == Investigation and legal proceedings == <!--T:13--> <!--T:14--> The victims' families and lawyers alleged that police had registered the first information report as a road rage case over right of way for motorcycles, rather than as a mob lynching.<ref name="dc-2018" /><ref name="livelaw-2018" /> Samiuddin's brother alleged that police had threatened to implicate the family in a cow slaughter case unless they signed it, and Samiuddin said police had not come to record his statement.<ref name="quint-2018" /> Police filed a case against nearly two dozen people; the main accused was arrested and later released on bail.<ref name="scroll-2019" /> <!--T:15--> Samiuddin petitioned the Supreme Court seeking an impartial investigation.<ref name="livelaw-2018" /> In September 2018 the court directed the Inspector General of Police, Meerut Range, to supervise the probe in line with its guidelines on mob lynching in the ''Tehseen Poonawalla'' judgment.<ref name="livelaw-2018" /> The state told the court it had transferred the station house officer concerned and had appealed against the bail granted to some accused.<ref name="livelaw-2018" /> In May 2019 the court allowed the petitioners to place fresh witness statements before the trial court.<ref name="scroll-2019" /> <!--T:16--> On 12 March 2024 the Additional Sessions Judge in Hapur convicted all ten accused under Indian Penal Code sections 302 and 307 read with 149, 147, 148 and 153A, and sentenced each to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 58,000.<ref name="livelaw-2024" /><ref name="wire-2024" /> The victims' families had not sought the death penalty and said they wanted only justice.<ref name="livelaw-2024" /> == Reactions == <!--T:17--> <!--T:18--> The families of both victims held a press conference in Delhi in June 2018, where they alleged that police were trying to recast the incident as a road rage case.<ref name="dc-2018" /> Samiuddin was represented in the Supreme Court and in the trial by a legal team that included advocate Vrinda Grover.<ref name="livelaw-2018" /><ref name="livelaw-2024" /> </translate> == <translate><!--T:19--> References</translate> == <references> <ref name="quint-2018">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/news/india/hapur-lycnhing-survivor-samiuddin-account-false-fir|title=Hapur Lynching: Gau Rakshaks, Police Apathy & A Survivor's Ordeal|publisher=The Quint|date=2018-07-14|author=Asmita Nandy|access-date=2026-10-31}}</ref> <ref name="dc-2018">{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/230618/new-video-of-hapur-lynching-shows-man-forced-to-confess-cow-slaughter.html|title=New video of Hapur lynching shows man forced to confess 'cow slaughter'|publisher=Deccan Chronicle|date=2018-06-23|access-date=2026-10-31}}</ref> <ref name="livelaw-2018">{{Cite news|url=https://www.livelaw.in/amp/supervise-probe-in-hapur-lynching-case-sc-to-hapur-igp|title=Supervise Probe In Hapur Lynching Case: SC To Hapur IGP [Read Order]|publisher=LiveLaw|date=2018-09-05|access-date=2026-10-31}}</ref> <ref name="scroll-2019">{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/latest/925038/scroll_in|title=Hapur lynching case: Supreme Court allows petitioners to approach trial court on fresh statements|publisher=Scroll.in|date=2019-05-28|access-date=2026-10-31}}</ref> <ref name="livelaw-2024">{{Cite news|url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/2018-hapur-lynching-case-up-trial-court-finds-10-persons-guilty-sentences-them-to-life-252006|title=2018 Hapur Lynching Case : UP Trial Court Finds 10 Persons Guilty, Sentences Them To Life|publisher=LiveLaw|date=2024-03-12|access-date=2026-10-31}}</ref> <ref name="wire-2024">{{Cite news|url=https://thewire.in/rights/up-court-convicts-ten-men-hapur-cow-lynching-case-fake-rumours|title=UP Court Convicts Ten Men for 2018 Lynching of Muslim Man on Fake Rumours of Cow Slaughter|publisher=The Wire|date=2024-03|access-date=2026-10-31}}</ref> </references> {{Incident navbox}}