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|short_description=Qasim Qureshi was killed and Samiuddin injured by a mob in Hapur district on 18 June 2018 over a cow slaughter rumour; ten men received life sentences in 2024. | |short_description=Qasim Qureshi was killed and Samiuddin injured by a mob in Hapur district on 18 June 2018 over a cow slaughter rumour; ten men received life sentences in 2024. | ||
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'''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" /> | '''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" /> | ||