Crime

Cops arrest four for beating Kashmiris in Delhi, say ‘fight was over feeding stray dogs’, victims maintain ‘it was a hate crime’

The Delhi police on Saturday arrested four persons a day after a group of four people from Kashmir were beaten up in southeast Delhi on Thursday night, reported the Indian Express.

The police has said that the ‘fight’ was over feeding stray dogs.

The victims, including three women, were allegedly surrounded and beaten up by a group of people. “The fight was over feeding stray dogs,” police said.

On Thursday, a 40-year-old man from Srinagar and his three sisters, who live in southeast Delhi’s Sunlight Colony, were beaten up by a group of residents who wielded sticks and allegedly called them ‘Kashmiri terrorists’. Multiple complaints were filed from both sides and the residents alleged that the siblings would feed dogs in the vicinity, which attracted more canines and caused a menace, police said.

However, the brother of the victim told Free Press Kashmir, that they had been warned by one of the neighbours prior to the incident that they might get beaten up.

“I had informed the police about it but they didn’t pay any head at that time,” he said.

While refuting the ‘stray dog’ theory, he said that they were targeted just because they are Kashmiris.

“They shouted at us saying you are a Kashmiri terrorist, go back. They beat me and my sisters. When we took out our phones to record, they broke two of them. We had alerted police about the issue earlier, and told them that residents don’t want us staying here,” he said.

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