Man Set On Fire Over ‘Love Affair’ | Photo

A Muslim man who was reportedly in love with a Hindu woman has met his untimely death after he was killed with an axe.
A man suspected of hacking another man to death and setting him on fire in an apparently religious attack in India’s Rajasthan has been arrested, police said on Thursday.
The suspected attacker also recorded the attack on video and circulated it on social media with a warning that those indulging in “love jihad” would meet similar fate.
Radical Hindu groups claim Muslim men seduce Hindu women and convince them to change their religion and marry them – something they describe as “love jihad.”
 
“The arrest came after the video, in which the attacker is seen hacking the man with an axe, went viral in Rajsamand district on Wednesday,’’ superintendent of police, Manoj Kumar, said.
The man, whom the police have identified as Shambhu Lal Regar, looked at the camera and justified the apparent killing, saying it was done to protect the honour of Hindus against Muslims.
 
“We have found a charred body on a roadside and identified it as that of Afrazul Khan, a 45-year-old Muslim daily wage labourer from West Bengal.
 
“Prima facie it appears to be the body of the victim in the video; investigations are on,’’ Kumar said.
The internet has been suspended in the region and people have been requested not to circulate the video.
“A suspect has been arrested. Probe is on. No one will be spared,’’ Gulab Singh Kataria, Rajasthan home minister, said.
Report says Rajasthan is governed by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.

Source: dpa/NAN

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  1. Isn’t it a big shame when these Hindu men go around whining about how their women running after men from other religion, may be the fault is with you Mr. coward. I think the bigger issue here is dowry killing and girl child infanticides which is so prevalent in Hindu culture, and as the rate of literacy increases among Hindu women they become rebellious and marrying out of their religion. Introspect will be a good start for Hindus instead of blaming other’s for their own faults. Lately there are so many killing of innocent Muslim’s on Indian road thanks to the support of Govt machinery, the criminal’s will pay back dearly for their crimes.