AHMEDABAD: A 25-year old man, who was reportedly attacked by cow vigilantes on Sept. 13, succumbed to his wounds at a hospital in Ahmedabad on Friday, police said. Mohammad Ayyub Mev was admitted to the hospital after he was attacked by unidentified persons on Tuesday. According to his brother, Ayyub was thrashed on the suspicion that he was transporting cows for slaughter.
“Ayyub’s car met with an accident [on Tuesday] on SG Highway on the night of Sept. 13. When some bystanders checked the car, they found a calf and a bullock. Due to the impact, the calf died while the bullock was rescued. To save himself from people’s wrath, Ayyub started running,” said inspector PB Rana of Anandnagar police station.
“The victim tried to runaway but the assailants caught up to him and thrashed him. We had lodged a case of attempted murder against the mob. Now as he has died of his injuries we will register a murder case,” said Rana, adding that no arrests had yet been made.
However, Ayyub’s brother Imran alleged that the assailants were cow vigilantes. “Those who killed my brother were indeed gaye rakshaks. My brother was not transporting any cows. We want the police to nab the real culprits,” said Imran.
Muslim man thrashed by alleged cow vigilantes dies
Muslim man thrashed by alleged cow vigilantes dies
Russia says two crew members from US-seized tanker released
- “Two Russian sailors have been released and are on their way home to Russia,” Zakharova said
- Russia announced earlier this month that the US had decided to release the Russian duo
MOSCOW: Moscow said Wednesday two Russian crew members of a tanker seized this month by the United States in the Atlantic had been released and were on their way home.
US authorities took over the Russian-flagged vessel earlier this month, alleging it was part of a shadow fleet carrying oil from countries such as Venezuela, Russia and Iran in violation of US sanctions.
The United States said publicly that the Marinera’s crew could be prosecuted. Russia said that would be “categorically unacceptable” and accused Washington of stoking tensions and threatening international shipping.
“Two Russian sailors have been released and are on their way home to Russia,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency on Wednesday.
Russia announced earlier this month that the United States had decided to release the two Russian crew members, but last week its Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the decision had not yet been implemented.
The captain and the first officer of the tanker have left UK waters, Solicitor General for Scotland, Ruth Charteris told a court hearing Tuesday, Press Association news agency reported.
“The captain and the first officer are now aboard the US Coast Guard vessel Munro and have departed the United Kingdom’s territorial sea,” Charteris said.
Twenty-six of the 28 crew have left the ship, officials told AFP. They were processed at a military site in Inverness, Scotland, the court was told, according to Press Association.
Five wanted to travel to the United States and 21 elsewhere. None have claimed asylum, the court heard.
“At the request of the US authorities, crew members have been allowed to disembark for onwards travel,” a UK government spokesperson told AFP Wednesday.
“They will be processed in line with all appropriate immigration and legal requirements.”
Britain was not involved in the movement of the other two crew members, the government said.
The United States seized the tanker, previously known as Bella 1, which was being escorted by the Russian navy, after chasing it from near the Venezuelan coast.
It was re-flagged and re-named to bring it under Russian jurisdiction in a bid to discourage the United States from trying to take it as part of its campaign against Venezuela.
