Video showing several men beating up a youth went viral on social media with the claims that a Muslim youth was attacked for opposing the attackers from abusing Prophet Muhammad.
A day after the SP leader Zaheer Salmani's second wife was murdered by some 'unknown' miscreants, it has come to the fore that the now deceased second wife of the SP leader was a Hindu who converted to Islam
The accused offered Rs 2-4 lakh to the victim's father to keep his mouth shut. When the complainant refused to compromise, Jamiruddin and Arif abused him by using caste-related slurs.
Another victim, 62-year-old Samaydeen, was hurt during the incident. As per the reports, the accused persons were convicted under sections 302 (murder) 149 (unlawful assembly), 307 (attempt to murder) 149, 147 (rioting), 148 (being armed with a deadly weapon), and 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.