Patna: In another incident of hate crime against Muslims, Mohammad Khaleel Alam, a Janata Dal (United) party member from Samastipur, was harassed and reportedly beaten to death by self-professed cow vigilantes. The disturbing video has caused a stir on social media.
According to some reports, the assailants tried to burn the body by dousing it with petrol and setting it on fire and then his half-burnt body was buried in a ditch. They then allegedly sprayed salt on his body and buried it so that it would decay faster.
In the video, Khaleel Alam can be seen pleading to his attackers with folded hands to spare him. The voices in the video footage can be heard forcing the victim to disclose the locations where cows are slaughtered and name the people involved in selling beef.
Four days after his family lodged a missing complaint on February 16, Mr Khaleel’s dead body was recovered from the bank of the Burhi Gandak river on Friday. February 19, where it was buried in the sand.
The local police on Tuesday, received the video where he is being asked about his role in cattle smuggling. However, police have doubted the authenticity of the video and claimed that this video was recorded just to divert attention and give a communal colour to the murder.
