GUJRAT – Indian police said on Saturday that a man was arrested in connection with a stabbing that led to the killing of a Muslim teenager on suspicion of carrying beef.
According to reports, a Muslim family was on board a Mathura-bound train when an argument over a seat turned into religious slurs and triggered a mob attack on family members returning home from Eid shopping.
The angry mob comprising some 15 to 20 men pulled out knives and set upon the family while making anti-Muslim comments and alleging that one of the packets they were carrying contained beef.
The skirmish turned brutal and led to the killing of 16-years-old Junaid Khan who was a student of Islamic studies in Surat, Gujarat.
Junaid’s brother Md Sakir, who boarded the train at Ballabgarh after being informed over the phone by one of them, was also allegedly stabbed and was admitted to a hospital.