“We had heard about Muslim men being lynched in north India, but now a person from our own locality has been attacked. We feel unsafe,” Mr. Shiekh told this reporter. Mr. Shiekh is not the only person in his locality who feels this way. The attackers should be given strict punishment.”The Muslims in the area are afraid, though Mr. Shah is a BJP leader and his party has openly condemned the incident. “He said he knew it was beef and he told me what he did was right,” Mr. Raut told The Hindu.

Source: The Hindu July 14, 2017 18:00 UTC