The couple travelling in the general compartment was abused and beaten up by the Samiti members who say that carried the 'raid' based on a tip-off and claim they found a black bag containing beef.
A Muslim couple travelling in Kushinagar Express were assaulted by seven members of the Gauraksha Samiti at Khirkiya Railway station in Harda disrict in Madhya Pradesh on suspicion of carrying beef, reports the Indian Express.
The couple travelling in the general compartment was abused and beaten up by the Samiti members who say that carried the 'raid' based on a tip-off and claim they found a black bag containing beef.
The couple and nine locals including at least one relative of the couple were arrested and released on bail as they engaged in a fight with the Samiti members on the railway platform.
The couple says that the they were travelling from Hyderabad to their hometown in Harda. Mohammed Hussain (43) says he and his wife Naseema Bano (38) was standing at the 'crowded compartment' and his wife was given a seat by the passengers when the activists came to check the luggage.
He says that his wife was pushed by the Samiti members when she objected to their luggages being checked. "When some passengers objected to their luggage being turned upside down, the activists roughed them up before they started searching the bags kept near Naseema. When she objected, they pushed her towards the toilet," he said. He added that a constable rushed in to save his wife.
Hussain says he called up his relative who lived near the station who brought more locals with him and later engaged in a scuffle with the members on the platform. “The samiti members threw several bags on to the platform to inspect their contents before they found the black bag. The owners of that bag were not found,” he said. He said that he abused the members after they misbehaved with his wife and was beaten by them.
K Richhariya, Assistant Sub-Inspector (Khirkiya police station) said the meat in the bag was tested in a lab and found to be buffalo meat.
Itarsi Railway police DK Joshi said Samiti members Rajput and Santosh have been sent to jail and booked under sections 294 (obscene language), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) of the IPC and Section 153 of the Railways Act (endangering safety of passengers travelling by railway by willful act or omission). They have launched a search for five more people from the Samiti.
Police has booked two unknown people to whom the bag belonged under Section 429 (mischief by killing or maiming cattle.
Harda Congress MLA Ramkishore Dogne said that administration had lodged a case against the local relatives of Hussain under pressure from VHP and Bajrang Dal. “First, they were harassed, then a complaint lodged against their relatives,’’ he said.
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