New Delhi: A group of four people were thrashed in a train between Delhi and Ballabhgarh in Haryana over rumours of them eating beef. One of the victims died due injuries. The four people had come to Delhi for shopping ahead of Id and were on their way back home in Haryana.
During the incident, huge crowd present in the train, along with GRP personnel, remained mute spectators. The four were thrashed from Tughlakabad till Ballabgarh on a moving train.
The four men have been identified as Junaid, Hashim, Shakir Mohsin and Moin of Khandavali village in Ballabgarh. They had boarded a train from Tughlakabad in Delhi.
They were later thrown out at Asavati railway station as the train left for Mathura. They were taken to Palwal hospital where Junaid was declared brought dead. According to one of the injured, Mohsin, all of them had gone to Delhi for Id shopping. They boarded a passenger train. Soon other passengers started abusing them. When they resisted, they were beaten up and soon a huge crowd attacked them. Two suspects were carrying knives with them and in a fit of rage stabbed them. In an attempt to save themselves, they called the police and emergency response number but to no avail.
