The Delhi Police has registered a First Information Report (FIR) in connection with the physical assault on Kashmiris, including four women, after they were beaten up by a mob in Sunlight Colony in Southeast Delhi. Four persons have been arrested in this regard, police official said.
The victims alleged that they were targeted because they were Kashmiris while the police said that the fight was over feeding the stray dogs.
According to the victims, they were surrounded and beaten up by a mob of 30-40 people on late Thursday night.
“My sisters were abused and beaten up. I have a broken left hand and one of my guests who had come to visit us was also attacked. It was a planned attack and the accused were carrying hockey sticks,” said one of the victims.
A senior police officer said that one of the woman claimed that she was beaten up by a mob of 30 to 40 people because she was a Kashmiri Muslim. However, some alleged that the mob beat her up because she was feeding stray dogs.
One of the woman said, “My sisters were abused and beaten up. I have a broken left hand and one of my guests who had come to visit us was also attacked.”
She added that, “It was a planned attack and the accused were carrying hockey sticks.”
As per the written complaint given by one of the Kashmiris, they all were roughed up and the mob was shouting slogans, “Kashmiri terrorists should be sent back”.
The complainant alleged that they had been attacked a couple of times earlier also and had been living in fear in the locality. However, the residents of the locality have accused the Kashmiri men of misbehaving with the residents, which led to an altercation.
On people carrying hockey sticks, a resident claimed that they had sticks with them because of dog menace in the locality.