Ashraf’s body was laid to rest on 28 April in his hometown of Kottakkal, Malappuram, a day after he was lynched in Mangaluru, Karnataka, during a cricket match over claims he raised a pro-Pakistan slogan. Three officials were later suspended for recording his death as ‘unnatural’ rather than a mob lynching/ SHAKEEB KPA

By Syed Affan

Aligarh and Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh: On the night of 30 December 2024, Shahedeen Qureshi, a 37-year-old resident of Moradabad, was lynched by a mob over allegations of cow slaughter. 

A labourer, he earned his livelihood by pulling manual carts.

“Arre mar gaya (oh, he died),” said a voice in a video filmed by the attackers, as they hurled abuses and beat him with sticks, surrounding and knocking him to the ground.

According to Shahedeen’s brother Guddu, who goes by the single name, he was rushed to the hospital at around 3 am on 31 December, and succumbed to injuries the next day at Teerthanker Mahaveer University (TMU) hospital, Moradabad.

“His wrists, fingers, ribs, skull, nothing was intact,” he said.

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