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
Coast Guard rescue 52 migrants off Greece, boy missing
- They found 13 migrants who had arrived on the small, uninhabited island
- Another 39 migrants were found on board an inflatable boat off the southern island of Crete
ATHENS: Greek coast guard were searching Thursday for a missing child off the island of Farmakonisi after rescuing 52 migrants in two separate incidents in the Aegean Sea, local media reported.
They found 13 migrants who had arrived on the small, uninhabited island, but one boy was reported missing from the group, said the ANA news agency.
Another 39 migrants were found on board an inflatable boat off the southern island of Crete, according to the same source. They were taken to the village of Kaloi Limenes in Crete. No details about their nationality were provided.
Two coast guard vessels and an airforce helicopter were deployed for the operation off Farmakonisi, opposite the Turkish coast.
Many migrants try to reach the Greek islands from Turkiye or Libya as a way of entering the European Union. But both crossings are perilous.
Earlier this month, 17 people were found dead in a migrant boat drifting off Crete. Another 15 people were reported missing. The vessel had set off from the Libyan port of Tobruk and most of those who died were from Sudan or Egypt.
The UN refugee agency said more than 16,770 asylum seekers in the EU have arrived on Crete since the start of the year — more than any other island in the Aegean Sea.
