A 22-year-old Muslim student was abducted and beaten to death by a Hindutva terror group in Rajasthan state. The student, identified as Zahid, was abducted from his home, beaten to death by a  Hindutva group after being lured and taken elsewhere in a camper van in  Jhunjhunu district. The victim, from Mukundgarh’s Dhani village, was preparing for some competitive exam. According to reports, Zahid succumbed to his injuries in a Jaipur hospital. Tension prevailed in the village as his body was brought there and the family refused to accept it unless the accused in his murder were not arrested. Former minister Rajendra Singh Gudha, who joined the family’s protest, said Zahid was killed only because of his Muslim identity.

“The only crime he had committed was that he was a Muslim. He was picked from his home and killed. Look at their audacity, they (the accused) tell the family to take the body after packing it up in a bag. It is the height of injustice that the administration did not file an FIR even after five days,” said Gudha. “The way the administration conducted postmortem in the darkness of the night and forcefully held the funeral shows that attempts are being made to protect the culprit. I will never let this happen. The deceased and his family must get justice. I will fight for his justice,” he said.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan