Date: Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 4:07 PM
Subject: Muslim man lynched in Bawana on suspicion of conspiracy to spread COVID-19
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Muslim man lynched in Bawana on suspicion of conspiracy to spread COVID-19
New Delhi : A 22-year-old Muslim youth was lynched in Delhi's Bawana after he was suspected of a conspiracy to spread COVID-19, police said on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Mehboob Ali, a resident of Harewali village in Bawana, they said.
Police said Ali had gone to Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh for a Tablighi Jamaat conference and returned to the national capital in a truck of vegetables after 45 days.
He was held at the Azadpur vegetable market and released after a medical examination. Police said when he reached his village, rumours spread that Ali had a plan to spread coronavirus.
"He was beaten up on Sunday and was rushed to a hospital by police," a senior police officer told PTI. Police registered a case under relevant sections of the IPC and arrested three persons, they added.
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