16-year-old Hafiz Junaid was stabbed on a train on 22 June, 2017. He eventually died of the injuries. Junaid, his brother Hashim and two friends were returning to Ballabhgarh from Delhi after their Eid shopping. They got on the train from Sadar Bazar station to go to Khandawli in Ballabhgarh. According to the FIR, it was a fight over seats that first broke out, after which some people started hurling communal slurs at Junaid and his brother. People started beating them up and amid the scuffle, someone stabbed Junaid and his brother.
Proposals to address spate of lynchings in new law, Maanav Suraksha Kanoon. Current laws can prosecute mob lynchings, issues with implementation. Pros: Draft MASUKA has good ideas like making police responsible, compensation for victims’ families and witness protection. Cons: But ambiguities could lead to ineffectiveness and misuse, timeline is too short. Verdict: Good points should at least be incorporated into existing law.
Amid the probe into the Ballabhgarh lynching, Haryana police say they have been informed about another version of the series of events that led to the killing of 17-year-old Hafiz Junaid on board a train on the evening of 22 June. Moments before he was stabbed, the teenager called his elder brother Sakir Khan, and asked him to come to the Ballabhgarh train station.
Proposals to address spate of lynchings in new law, Maanav Suraksha Kanoon. Current laws can prosecute mob lynchings, issues with implementation. Pros: Draft MASUKA has good ideas like making police responsible, compensation for victims’ families and witness protection. Cons: But ambiguities could lead to ineffectiveness and misuse, timeline is too short. Verdict: Good points should at least be incorporated into existing law.
Twelve cities hold a mass protest against the lynching of a Muslim teenager, Hafiz Junaid, who was stabbed to death on 22 June on a Mathura-bound train which he had taken with his two brothers after shopping for Eid at Delhi's Sadr Bazar. The altercation, which had allegedly begun over seats, reported turned to racist slurs with the rest of the passengers calling Junaid and his relatives "Pakistanis", "anti-nationals" and "beef eaters". Congress Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala also attended the protesters. Speaking to The Quint he laid blame on the BJP for ruling the country by dividing it.
