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The 2018 Satna mob lynching was an attack on the night of 17–18 May 2018 near Amgara village in Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, in which a 45-year-old tailor from Maihar, reported as Riyaz or Siraj, was killed and his companion Shakeel was seriously injured.[1][2] Villagers accused the two men of slaughtering cattle.[2] Police arrested four men for the assault and also registered a cow slaughter case against the two victims.[1][3]

Incident

According to Superintendent of Police Rajesh Hingerkar, a group of men went to a forest area after hearing that two men were slaughtering a cow there, and beat one of them to death.[2] The victims were a 45-year-old tailor from Maihar town, identified as Riaz by Deccan Chronicle and as Siraj by The Quint, and his friend Shakeel.[1][2] Other men in their group fled.[1] The attack took place on the night between 17 and 18 May 2018.[3]

The tailor died at the district hospital in Satna a few hours after the assault, according to the Hindustan Times, and Shakeel was taken to a hospital in Jabalpur, where he was reported to be in a coma.[4][1][2] Police said they found a slaughtered bull and meat in sacks at the spot.[1] About 400 police personnel were deployed in the area, according to the Inspector General of Police of Rewa range.[2]

Police arrested four residents of Amgara village and registered a case against them for murder and attempt to murder.[2][1] Before that, police registered a case against the two victims under the Madhya Pradesh Cow Slaughter Ban Act, 2004, and the Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Cattle Preservation Act, 1959, on the complaint of one of the four accused.[2] The families of both victims denied the slaughter allegation.[1]

The meat seized at the spot was not sent for forensic testing; police said a civil surgeon at the local hospital thought it might be beef.[3][5] In a November 2018 article, activist Harsh Mander wrote that Shakeel had been arrested on the cow slaughter charge, and that the accused attackers had been released from prison.[5] No report of a trial outcome in either case was found.

Reactions

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited Satna on 20 May 2018 to inaugurate a statue, and neither he nor Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had commented on the killing by the following day, according to a DailyO opinion article.[3] A fact-finding team of human rights activists questioned the police account and reported that Bajrang Dal activists were present at the site before police arrived.[5]

Aftermath

By November 2018 the tailor's widow, who had four children, had closed his tailoring shop and had received no government assistance, according to Harsh Mander's report for Scroll.in.[5] The same report said Shakeel had rods and screws in his hands and might not regain their use, and that his wife was caring for him full time.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Man beaten to death over suspected cow slaughter in MP; 4 arrested". Deccan Chronicle. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "MP Lynching: Police File Case Against Dead Man Before Attackers". The Quint. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Yashee. "Satna 'beef' lynching – Why MP government must say, not in my name". DailyO. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
  4. ↑ "Man killed over 'cow slaughter' in MP's Satna". Hindustan Times. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Harsh Mander. "As MP gets ready to vote, a lynching serves as a reminder of the climate of hate under BJP rule". Scroll.in. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
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