Aijaz Dar, 24-year-old man from Thanamandi region of Jammu and Kashmir was allegedly beaten to death by a mob when he was returning to his home in Rajouri district with a buffalo on Tuesday, 22 June.
As per reports by The Indian Express, the local residents said that Dar and two others, who escaped with injuries, had been on their way to home at night after buying a buffalo from Laam, near Nowshera.
The three were reportedly assaulted with stones and sticks while passing through Muradpur region.
Later the three injured were taken to Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu, where Dar succumbed to his injuries.
Local residents gathered in protest outside the Rajouri Deputy Commisioner’s office, alleging that cow vigilantes had committed Dar’s murder. They demanded to immediately arrest the accused under the Public Safety Act.
The police revealed that four of the culprits had been identified, and have now escaped
A senior police talking to The Indian Express said that special teams had been deployed to capture them at the earliest.
The incident has got widespread condemnation from local residents. In a tweet, spokesperson of Gujjar Bakarwal Youth Welfare Conference Guftar Ahmed Choudhary said, “murderer of Aijaz Dar should get death penalty. Only bread earner of a poor family killed by goons last night in Rajouri, J&K. How many families will become victim of Lynching?”
