Consumed beef: Hindutva extremists brutally assault an elderly man
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Aklera/Rajasthan: A group of men brutally assaulted an elderly man in Rajasthan’s Aklera town in Jhalawar district, accusing for eating beef. The assailants branded him a “Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrator”. The shocking incident, which happened around January 2nd in the BJP-ruled state, was filmed and is viral on social media, Maktoob Media reported.
The video shows the man lying on the ground and 8 to 10 men surrounding him, kicking him repeatedly and hitting him with sticks. The man could be seen pleading weakly.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Jharkhand condemned the incident and said that mob lynching has become alarmingly frequent in BJP-ruled states. RJD Jharkhand leader Anita Yadav said that despite knowing the root cause of mob lynchings, neither the central government nor the BJP-ruled state governments are taking strict actions.
इतनी जाने जा रही हैं मॉब लिंचिंग के कारण पर ना तो केन्द्र सरकार ना ही राज्य सरकार इस पर कठोर कार्रवाई कर रही है । भाजपा शासित राज्यों में ये आम बात हो गई है।
— Anita yadav (@Anitahzb) January 3, 2026
एंजेल चकमा की भी जान इसी वजह से चली गई।
पूर्व में भी एक गायक की जान गई थी मॉब लिंचिंग के कारण पर सरकार को कोई परवाह नहीं।… pic.twitter.com/gkn5hVXrQx
She referred to lynching cases in the recent past, including the death of Angel Chakma and a singer who was earlier killed in similar violence.
Anjel Chakma, a 26-year-old MBA student from Tripura, died on December 26 after being brutally assaulted in a racially motivated attack in Dehradun, triggering widespread outrage across the Northeast and renewed calls for accountability.
She said that “beasts” were killing human beings like animals. She added that the incident in Aklera reflected a complete failure of governance and accountability.
Chhattisgarh Congress reacted to the Rajasthan incident, saying it is not nationalism but open violence.
Last month, former Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter, Iltija Mufti, slammed that India is not Bharat or Hindustan anymore, but ‘Lunchistan’. She was condemning the incident of mob lynching in Odisha, where a person was killed by a group of six men on the claim that the victim was Bangladeshi.