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|short_description=Meat trader Alimuddin Ansari was beaten to death and his van set on fire by a mob in Ramgarh, Jharkhand, in June 2017 over allegations that he was carrying beef. | |short_description=Meat trader Alimuddin Ansari was beaten to death and his van set on fire by a mob in Ramgarh, Jharkhand, in June 2017 over allegations that he was carrying beef. | ||
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'''Alimuddin Ansari''', also known as Asgar Ansari, was a meat trader who was beaten to death by a mob at Bazartand in Ramgarh, [[Jharkhand]], on 29 June 2017 after he was accused of carrying beef in his van.<ref name="newslaundry-2017" /><ref name="quint-2018" /> In March 2018 a fast-track court sentenced eleven men, including a local BJP functionary, to life imprisonment, in what was reported as the first conviction in a case of cow-protection violence in India.<ref name="quint-2018" /> | '''Alimuddin Ansari''', also known as Asgar Ansari, was a meat trader who was beaten to death by a mob at Bazartand in Ramgarh, [[Jharkhand]], on 29 June 2017 after he was accused of carrying beef in his van.<ref name="newslaundry-2017" /><ref name="quint-2018" /> In March 2018 a fast-track court sentenced eleven men, including a local BJP functionary, to life imprisonment, in what was reported as the first conviction in a case of cow-protection violence in India.<ref name="quint-2018" /> | ||