Muslim Man Beaten To Death In Bihar, Video Points To Cow Vigilantes

Mr Khaleel's dead body was recovered from the bank of the Burhi Gandak river on Friday evening.

A disturbing video of a young Muslim man in Bihar being harassed by self-professed cow vigilantes has caused a stir on social media after local media reported that he was allegedly beaten to death and his body buried in a ditch. Some reports claim the assailants tried to burn the body by dousing it with petrol and setting it on fire. They then allegedly sprayed salt on his body and buried it so that it would decay faster.  बिहार की NDA सरकार में कानून व्यवस्था पूर्णतः समाप्त हो चुकी है। गाय के नाम पर मुस्लिम युवक जो स्वयं JDU नेता था उसे पीट कर, जिंदा जलाकर दफ़ना दिया गया। नीतीश जी बताए, बिहार में लगातार ऐसी घटनाएँ क्यों हो रही है? लोग कानून को हाथ में क्यों ले रहे है? pic.twitter.com/7XjFqYKICY

In the video, Mohammad Khaleel Alam, a Janata Dal (United) party member from Samastipur district can be seen pleading to his attackers with folded hands to spare him. The assailants, not visible in the video footage, can be heard forcing the victim to disclose the locations where cows are slaughtered and name the people involved in selling beef.

They ask him how much beef he has consumed in his life and if he fed it to his children as well. They questioned him on whether the Quran instructs him to consume beef, to which he replies that it doesn't. 

The video, loaded with hate speech and expletives, has been circulated widely as another incident of hate crime against Muslims. The local police, however, deny the allegation and claim it's a diversionary tactic to cover up a murder.