By Musheera Ashraf,

Saharanpur, June 23, 2020: Around 5:30 pm on June 18, Israr left his village Imliya on his motorcycle for nearby Kutesra village.

The 30-year-old carpenter was going to measure furniture at a customer’s place.

While on his way to Kutsera, Israr was “beaten up mercilessly with sticks and rods in Dehra and no one came to his rescue,” his close relatives told TwoCircles.net.

Gulfam, younger brother of Israr, said the attackers alleged Israr injured a child while riding his motorcycle. “I met that child and he is fine but they have destroyed our peace,” he added.

As Israr was riding his bike, the child had accidentally got injured, his family claims.

“I wish if they had lodged a complaint or kept him captive but they turned into demons and killed him,” he adds.

Israr is survived by his three small children and a pregnant wife. His eldest daughter is 6 years old. “We haven’t told anything to the children. His body was not in such condition that we could show it to them,” said Gulfam.

Gulfam added the untimely death of Israr has come as trauma for their family and Israr’s eldest brother is in depression after the incident.

The relatives are worried about the survival of the family as Israr was the only earning member.

Israr’s family claims that he is being misreported as mentally sick.

According to a report by ABP News, Israr is “called as mentally sick who was mistakenly beaten to death.

Responding to this Israr’s brother said that Israr was not mentally sick and was working as a carpenter. “They can tailor any story,” he says.

“He was a very religious person who was associated with Tablighi Jamaat and was confined to his family and work,” his close relative said.

According to Israr’s brother, the mob was calling Israr a terrorist and beating him with stick, when he reached the place.

The relative said that Israr was innocent and demanded punishment for the culprits.

Gulfam and other villagers took wounded Israr to Deoband hospital with the help of the police. The doctors referred him to district hospital Saharanpur. He was rushed to Saharanpur hospital where he died.

Pertinently, a video surfaced of Israr ‘being lynched by people surrounding him with sticks’ went viral on social media. In the video, he can be seen lying on the ground helplessly.

“The video shows the truth. He was beaten mercilessly,” Israr’s relative said.

Following his death, an FIR was lodged on June 19 at Deoband against 11 people, all residents of Dehra, close to Deoband, a town in Saharanpur district that houses the Darul Uloom Deoband, an Islamic university where the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. The school was founded in 1866 by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi.

Source: twocircles.net