“ARE MUSLIMS NOT HUMAN? WHY KILL A MUSLIM?” ASKS ARYAN’S MOTHER, AFTER HINDUTVA MEN KILLED HIM, ‘MISTAKING’ HIM FOR MUSLIM

Thu 05 September 2024:

“Are Muslims not human, Are they not our brothers? Why would you kill a Muslim?” asks Uma, whose 19-year-old son, Aryan Mishra, was killed by men associated with the Hindutva group Bajrang Dal, who suspected the teenager of being a “cow smuggler” and a Muslim.

“They shot my son thinking he was a Muslim. Are Muslims not Humans, Are they not our brothers? Why would you kill a Muslim? Muslims protect us,” says the grief-stricken mother to Journo Mirror.

Aryan was shot in the head and right shoulder near the Gadpuri toll plaza on NH-19 in Haryana’s Palwal district on 23 August, after being chased by Hindutva men led by a self claimed “cow protecter” and local Hindutva leader Anil Kaushik for about 50 km.

Uma’s statement comes after Anil Kaushik reportedly told Aryan’s father, Siyanand Mishra, that his son’s killer thought Aryan was a Muslim and ‘now regrets killing a Brahmin.’

Uma, Aryan Mishra mother, who was killed by self proclaimed ‘Gou Rakshaks’, expressed her grief and said, “They shot my son thinking he was a Muslim. Are Muslims not Humans, Are they not our brothers? Why would you kill a Muslim? Muslims protect us.” pic.twitter.com/yGFDZZk3wg https://t.co/k91NlxXLan

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“He (Anil Kaushik) said he thought my son was a Muslim. Now he regrets killing a Brahmin,” says Siyanand Mishra who visited the local jail in Faridabad to meet Anil Kaushik.

“I asked Kaushik, ‘Why would you kill a Muslim? Only because of a cow?’ You could have shot at the car wheel or called the police. Why take the law in your own hands?’ Kaushik didn’t have any response,” The Print quotes Mishra as saying.

Kaushik, who is known locally as the “Monu Manesar of Faridabad,” is notorious for his anti-Muslim actions. He is a member of the Bajrang Dal, a Hindutva group.

Aryan was going out with his friends Harshit and Shanky in a Duster car around midnight on August 23 to eat noodles.

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The accused told police during questioning that they had received information that some “cattle smugglers” were conducting surveillance in the city using Duster and Fortuner SUVs.

The Hindutva men opened fire from the back and a bullet hit Aryan near the neck. The second bullet hit Aryan in the chest. Aryan was rushed to a nearby hospital, but he died a day later.

The accused, identified as Anil Kaushik, Varun Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Adesh Singh, and Saurav Kumar, have been arrested under sections 103(1) (punishment for murder), 190 (unlawful assembly), and 191(3) (armed with deadly weapons) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), 2023.