Dadri: A forensic test has proven that the meat that the Dadri lynch mob found in Mohammed Akhlaq’s fridge last week, which they claimed was the proof they needed to lynch him, was mutton, not beef. Mohammad Akhlaq’s family had insisted all along that there was no beef in the house.
A forensic test has established that it was mutton that had been stored in Akhlaq’s house. And the test results lend support to Akhlaq family’s claim that they had not kept beef in their house.
As per a report, the meat sample was taken from Akhlaq’s house in Bisada on September 28 and sent to a veterinary doctor for preliminary testing. While those tests proved that the meat was mutton, the police still sent the sample to a lab in Mathura to double check on facts. The lab report also established that the sample was of mutton and not beef.
The police, however, need not have sent the meat for any test, because whether it was mutton or beef had little bearing on the crime. In fact, there was no mention of beef in the FIR the police filed. The development shows how Akhlaq became the target of a baseless rumour and how an incited mob killed a man who had been living peacefully in the village for more than five decades.
While the President stressed that the core values of diversity, tolerance and plurality of Indian civilisation must be kept in mind and cannot be allowed to be wasted, PM Modi on his part urged all to put an end to communal politics. Every community needs to live together. Hindus and Muslims should decide whether they want to fight against each other or against poverty,” Modi said at a rally in Bihar.
Bureau Report
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