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|short_description=Mohammad Akhlaq, 52, was beaten to death and his son injured by a mob in Bisada, Uttar Pradesh, after a rumour that the family had slaughtered a cow. | |short_description=Mohammad Akhlaq, 52, was beaten to death and his son injured by a mob in Bisada, Uttar Pradesh, after a rumour that the family had slaughtered a cow. | ||
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The '''lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq''' took place on the night of 28 September 2015 in Bisada village, in the Dadri area of [[Uttar Pradesh]], when a mob dragged the 52-year-old man from his home and beat him to death after a local announcement that a cow had been slaughtered.<ref name="aljazeera-2017" /><ref name="quint-2025" /> His son Danish was seriously injured.<ref name="quint-2021" /> The trial of the accused began in a fast-track court in 2021, and in December 2025 the court rejected an application by the state government to withdraw the prosecution.<ref name="quint-2025" /><ref name="etv-2025" /> | The '''lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq''' took place on the night of 28 September 2015 in Bisada village, in the Dadri area of [[Uttar Pradesh]], when a mob dragged the 52-year-old man from his home and beat him to death after a local announcement that a cow had been slaughtered.<ref name="aljazeera-2017" /><ref name="quint-2025" /> His son Danish was seriously injured.<ref name="quint-2021" /> The trial of the accused began in a fast-track court in 2021, and in December 2025 the court rejected an application by the state government to withdraw the prosecution.<ref name="quint-2025" /><ref name="etv-2025" /> | ||