“O you who believe, the idolaters only are unclean.” (Qur’an 9:28)
“Rajasthan: Muslim youths beat tribal man to death over taking water from tubewell,” Firstpost, November 8, 2022:
Jodhpur: In a shocking incident, a 46-year-old tribal man was beaten to death reportedly by people belonging to the Muslim community over drawing of water from a tubewell in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, police said on Monday.
According to PTI, the accused even hurled casteist slurs at the man, named Kishanlal Bheel, and did not allow his family members to take him to a hospital, his brother Ashok alleged.
The incident took place in Bhomiyaji ki Ghati in Soorsagar.
It was only after police reached the spot that the seriously injured man was hospitalised where he succumbed to injuries, he added.
So far, three people — Shakeel, Nasir, and Bablu — have been arrested and booked under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code….
“On Sunday night, Kishanlal had gone to the tubewell for water but these people pushed him away and hurled casteist slurs at him,” Ashok alleged.
Soon after he returned home, some people, including Nasir, Shakeel and Bablu, attacked our house and beat up Bheel and his son with rods and sticks, Ashok said.
