Dadri: Alleging that Dadri man was killed for his religion AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday visited the family of the man days after he was killed here by a mob following rumours that he and family had consumed beef.
Owaisi, who heads the Muslim right wing All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), met the wife of deceased Iqlakh this morning and hit out at the Samajwadi government, alleging instead of nabbing the attackers it was “investigating a piece of meat and treating the victim as accused”.
“This wasn’t an attack over meat. He has been killed in the name of religion. This is a pre-planned, cold-blooded killing. It cannot be an accident.”
“This is the thought which is against secularism, it is against the brotherhood of India. It sees Muslims with an eye of suspicion,” the Hyderabad MP said.
Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his silence on the issue, Owaisi said “Sabka Saath Sabha Vikaas PM” should have at least sent his condolences in a tweet.
“Mahesh Sharma is the Culture Minister of the country and it is unfortunate that the minister who has taken oath on the Constitution doesn’t have the courage and intellectual honesty to condemn the incident unconditionally,” Owaisi said.
“He and his PM say ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikaas’, then such incidents happen. These words should be put into practice,” he said.
Iqlakh was beaten to death and his 22-year-old son Danish was critically injured by a 200-strong mob which barged into their house on Monday night following rumours that the family had consumed beef.