Three arrested in UP's Aligarh for allegedly assaulting four men on claims of transporting cow meat

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday three persons in Aligarh district for allegedly assaulting four men and setting their vehicle on fire a day earlier after claiming that they were transporting cow meat, The Indian Express reported.

Amrit Jain, the Aligarh Rural superintendent of police, told The Hindu that information had been received that a few persons suspected to be beef were stopped and beaten up by villagers on Saturday under the Harduaganj police station limits.

“The local police and I immediately reached the spot,” the newspaper quoted him as having said. “People who were beaten up by the public were taken to safety and admitted to the hospital for medical treatment. They are out of danger.”

The four injured men were identified as 35-year-old Akeel, 32-year-old Nadeem, 43-year-old Akil and 38-year-old Arbaaj, The Indian Express quoted an unidentified police officer as saying.

Two first information reports were filed after the assault, The Hindu reported.

The first was filed at the Harduaganj police station on Saturday against 38 persons based on the complaint of Salim Khan, Akeel’s father, The Indian Express reported. While 13 names were mentioned in the FIR, 25 unnamed persons were booked.

The case was filed under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to rioting, unlawful assembly, unlawful assembly to commit an offence, attempt to murder, extortion, robbery...