The court ordered filing of the FIR under the UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955 against slain Ikhlaq and six family members. Yusuf Saifi, the lawyer for Ikhlaq’s family, however, refused to comment as they “are a part of the case and we respect the court”. Families of those accused of killing Ikhlaq had moved court after police refused to charge the slain man and his family of cow slaughter. An Uttar Pradesh court on Thursday asked police to file an FIR for alleged cow slaughter against the family of a Muslim man whose lynching last year sparked nationwide outrage amidst allegations of rising intolerance. The mob had recovered a bowl of meat from Ikhlaq’s residence and remains of an animal from near his house.

Source: Hindustan Times July 14, 2016 13:15 UTC