Today, a Noida court will hear the petition for registration of an FIR against Mohammad Akhlaq’s family. Akhlaq was killed nine months ago on suspicion that his family has stored beef at their house.
Earlier, the police had filed the report stating that ‘no FIR’ on the charges of cow slaughter and animal cruelty had been registered against Akhlaq’s family.
The petitioner had strongly recommended the court to direct the police to register an FIR against Akhlaq’s family on the charges of cow slaughter and animal cruelty.
Mohammad Akhlaq and his son Danish
According to the petition, on September 29 last year, two villagers saw that Akhlaq and his son were beating a calf. In defence, Akhlaq said that because the calf was attacking people he was going to tie the calf at his brother Jaan Mohammad’s house.
While, another villager said that he saw Akhlaq holding the calf down while his brother Jaan Mohammad was slitting the animal’s throat.
According to the petitioner, on the night of 28 September, Akhlaq was stopped near Bada transformer by few villagers while few went to his house and found a vessel containing meat.
Seeing this the mob got out of control and started beating Akhlaq and his son, resulting in Akhlaq’s death.
The petitioner submitted the report by Mathura forensic lab, which states that the meat sample sent by the police was of the cow progeny.
