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Another purported video of the Hapur lynching showing a mob beating up a man, Kasim, and forcing him to confess to having slaughtered a cow has gone viral on the social media.
Samayuddin (65), who was allegedly assaulted by the mob, can be seen pleading to the attackers.
The mob can be heard asking him to identify others, who, they alleged, slaughtered the cow.
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A panting Samayuddin can be seen bleeding profusely from his head in the video aired on television channels.
Another video had rocked the Internet following the shocking incident in Bacheda village on June 18. It showed a man with multiple injuries lying in a field.
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Police had earlier said Kasim (45) was lynched following a minor tiff with a man on a motorcycle, denying reports that a mob attacked him and Samayuddin over rumours of cow slaughter.
On Friday, Kasim’s younger brother Nadeem had alleged that Kasim was “brutally killed by BJP goons as he belonged to the Muslim community” and dragged him like a dead animal in the presence of police.
“My brother screamed in pain for water, but the mob refused him saying he is a Muslim and butcher. He was dragged like a dead animal in front of police,” Mohammed Nadeem said at a press conference.
Nadeem said that around 11 a.m. four days back, his brother received a call from someone to purchase the cattle. “He left to make a deal but never came back home.”
Earlier, a photograph of the Hapur lynching victim being dragged by a crowd in the presence of three policemen had gone viral on social media.
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The Uttar Pradesh police yesterday apologised over the manner in which kasim was being handled after he was badly injured in the attack.
(With agency inputs)
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