Translations:Lynching of Qasim Qureshi/9/en
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.[1][2] 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.[1] In March 2024 a court in Hapur sentenced ten men to life imprisonment.[3]