In a continued series of attacks on Muslims in India, a man named Shaukat Ali has become the latest victim, when a mob in Assam cornered him for allegedly selling beef. They physically abused him and force fed him pork. The incident took place on April 7 in Assam’s Biswanath Chariali town.
In a video doing the rounds on social media, Shaukat Ali can be seen kneeling in mud surrounded by an angry mob. The mob asks Shaukat Ali why he is selling beef and if he has the license to do so.
The irate mob also proceeded to demand that Shaukat Ali declare his nationality, asking if he is Bangladeshi or if he has a National Register of Citizen (NRC) certificate.
A man identified as Shaukat Ali was attacked by a mob for allegedly selling beef in Assam’s Biswanath Chariali, according to Assam Police. pic.twitter.com/Fz1H2irnE4
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According to local police, Ali is a businessman and has been running an eatery in the area for the last 35 years. The mob accused him of selling beef in the weekly market. However, the situation worsened when the miscreants started thrashing Shaukat Ali and allegedly forced him to eat pork.
In another video of the incident, the group can be seen manhandling Shaukat Ali and forcing him to eat meat, claimed to be pork, from a packet.
Shaukat Ali received injuries and is being treated in a local hospital.
AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi also slammed the incident on Twitter, writing “I know many people who feel they’re desensitized because of the number of lynchings in the last five years. I am not, each video infuriates me and saddens me.”
Owaisi added, “It’s irrelevant that beef is legal in Assam, lynching an innocent old man is illegal in every part of India.”
