Asif Khan, a Muslim gym trainer from Mewat in Haryana, India, was lynched to death by Hindu vigilante groups on Sunday night, after being forced to chant “Jai Shree Raam”; a prayer turned war cry by the Hindu nationalist militants.
According to his family, Asif Khan was travelling with his friends from Khalilpur, his home village, to Sohna to get medicines when he was attacked by a group of 30 people.
“A group of 15 vigilantes stopped the car and started abusing the passengers. They shouted “maar mulle ko” — Kill Muslims— and lynched Khan”, his uncle Hasan Khan said.
Justice For Asif is trending on twitter and many Indians, mostly from the oppressed Muslim minority, are demanding Justice for Asif while the authorities are trying to downplay the severity of the crime as Modi’s India has already become notorious worldwide for Hindu mobs lynching religious minorities.