BJP worker in Nagpur attacked for carrying beef arrested
Salim Ismail Shah, who claimed he is general secretary of the BJP's Katol taluka minority cell, was thrashed by men belonging to a group linked to local MLA Bacchu Kadu.
In Short
- BJP worker thrashed by men belonging to a fringe group in Nagpur.
- Reports confirm meat he was carrying was beef.
- Salim Ismail Shah claimed he is general secretary of a local minority cell.
Salim Ismail Shah, a BJP worker who was beaten up by a cow vigilante group for carrying beef in Nagpur last week, has been arrested.
Shah, who claimed that general secretary of the BJP's Katol taluka minority cell, was arrested after a Nagpur laboratory confirmed that the meat he was carrying was beef. He will be produced in court soon.
Shah had earlier denied carrying beef when he was attacked by members of a fringe group - Prahar Sena - which is linked to local Independen MLA Bapchchu Kadu.
The police said it would initiate action against Salim, 34, in accordance with the law.
Carrying beef is illegal as per the new norms passed by state government recently.
Shah, a resident of Katol town, was returning home on his motorcycle when a group of five or six men accosted him at a bus stop in the Bharsingi village on July 12. They assaulted him on the suspicion that he was carrying beef.
Four men were later arrested for attacking Shah.
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