A member of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh has been booked for allegedly beating a Muslim man to death after his goat accidentally strayed into a Hindu neighbour’s house.
On Wednesday police in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi said that an FIR [First Information Report, generally the first step in any police probe in the country] has been registered against local municipal chairman from the BJP Ashok Kumar Jaiswal and 21 others for the incident that took place on the previous night.
Seven people have been detained in connection with the incident and additional security has been deployed in the area to prevent any escalation, reported Press Trust of India.
Rajesh Bharti, Bhadohi’s assistant superintendent of police, said in a statement that an argument broke out after a goat belonging to a man named Mustqueem allegedly barged into his neighbour Sandeep’s house. Both men were identified only by their first names.
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