Yet another incident of lynching which left one dead has shamed the entire country. This incident which happened in Murki village in Aurad taluk of Bidar district in Karnataka on Friday has sent shock waves of mob brutality. A mob lynched a youth in Murki village on Saturday night thinking to be child-lifter.
According to Bidar police on Saturday arrested more than 30 people, including two social media group admin, on the charges of murdering one person and injuring 2 others presuming them as child lifters in Murki village in Aurad taluk, in the district .
Bidar Superintendent of Police D Devaraj said, police who rescued the injured youths shifted them to a private hospital in Hyderabad on Saturday . He said the deceased Mohammed Azam and the injured Talha Ismail and Mohammed Salman, all hail from Hyderabad.
According to information the youth were travelling along with their friend Mohammed Bashir to Handikera village in Aurad taluk. Bashir, who works at Hyderabad, had invited them to his native village. While driving to Handikera they took a break near Balkut Tanda to have some snacks. They had reportedly offered chocolates brought by Ismail, who had returned recently from Qatar, to school children. The residents mistook them as child lifters and started assaulting them, despite Bashir trying to clarify. As Bashir and his friends managed to escape in the car, the locals reportedly called their friends in nearby Murki village to stop the car. They in turn blocked the road with a fallen tree. As the car approached Murki, it hit the blockade and skidded, after which a mob dragged Azam and hit him with stones and sticks. Three policemen rushed to the spot to contain the mob. However, Azam, who was hit on his head, died on the spot.Police rescued others and admitted them to a hospital in Bidar. On Saturday, they were shifted to Hyderabad for further treatment.
The Aurad police have registered a case and investigating.”The role of social media is also being investigated,” Devraj said.