Clashes erupted in Bihar’s Bhabua (Kaimur) district over alleged cattle theft on May 2. The Hindus sustained severe injuries after the attack. A video from the site is circulated on the internet. The police confirmed that a complaint has been registered and two accused have been arrested so far.
Video of an alleged Hindu-Muslim clash was shared widely on the internet by the Bihar Tak channel. In the said clip, a girl who is recording the video can be heard crying for help. She alleges that Muslims living in the area have made their life a living hell. They attack Hindus for no reason. Towards the end of the video, she shows how the mob attacks her brother.
"उन्हें लगता है कि हम हिंदू कमजोर हैं, इसलिए 'वे' हमें मिलकर मार रहे हैं," लड़की कह रही है, जब उसके परिवार और बिरादरी पर हमला किया जा रहा है।
यह घटना कैमूर, बिहार में हुई।
एक बछड़े की बिक्री पर शुरू हुआ विवाद, वह मजहबी हिंसा की लड़ाई में बदल गया। हमले मे 6 लोग घायल हुए है। pic.twitter.com/wK0iZCmy0q— हम लोग We The People 🇮🇳 (@ajaychauhan41) May 2, 2023
The attacks belong to the minority community and can be seen in the video, are very well equipped with sticks. The scuffle broke out after a calf trespassed their field.
After the scuffle, Ramashankar Paswan reached the SC-ST police station Bhabua and named as many as 17 Islamists in the complaint. A First Information Report (FIR number–10/2023) was registered in this case on May 2.
Organiser called up the concerned police station and the Investigating Officer of the case, Awadhesh Arun said that two of the accused out of 17 named in the FIR have been arrested by the police.
The names of the arrested accused are Naimullah Khan and Raees-ul Khan. The teams are looking for the other names accused in the FIR.
The Kaimur police also informed about the arrest of the accused from their official Twitter account. The situation is now under control, says the post.
दुर्गावती थाना क्षेत्र के करारी गांव में दो पक्षों के बीच हुए मारपीट एवं वीडियो वायरल प्रकरण में वादी रामाशंकर पासवान के बयान पर कांड दर्ज कर 02 आरोपियों को गिरफ्तार किया गया, अन्य आरोपियों की गिरफ्तारी के लिए छापेमारी की जा रही है।
गांव में स्थिति शांतिपूर्ण है।@bihar_police pic.twitter.com/V2rQMcDRPC— Kaimur Police (@kaimur_police) May 2, 2023
Arun added these accused have been booked under IPC sections 147 (rioting), 148 (armed with deadly weapons), 149 (unlawful assembly), 341 (wrongful restraint), 323 (voluntarily causes hurt), 307 (attempt to murder), 504 (intentionally insult) and 506 (criminal intimidation), and sections 3(1) (8) (h) and 3(2)(v) of the ST-SC Act.
