Muslim man beaten to death in India ‘over New Year music’

Wednesday, 3 January 2018 07:00

A Muslim man from India was beaten to death after allegedly asking a group to stop playing music on New Year’s Day.

The incident took place in Mandar, a town close to the state capital of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.

It is suspected 19-year-old Waseem Ansari asked a group who were playing loud music next to a Muslim cemetery to stop and was subsequently killed after a fight broke out.

Locals blocked a motorway in protest on Tuesday 2 January, demanding the arrest of suspects. They were eventually cleared by police, who say extra personnel have been deployed in the area to maintain the peace between Muslim and Hindu communities.

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