God’s Own Taliban

A lynch mob doubling as the moral police is something you expect in places like Afghanistan under the Taliban. God’s Own Country is catching up.

A lynch mob doubling as the moral police is something you expect in places like Afghanistan under the Taliban. God’s Own Country is catching up. A man was beaten to death recently because it was suspected he was having an affair. Shahid Bava, a 26-year-old, had been repeatedly “warned” to call off his relationship with a woman in Mukkom in Kozhikode. On 10 November, he was caught by a group of 15 men, tied to an electric post and badly beaten up with iron rods. The attackers even tried to stop the actual police from taking him to a hospital. More policemen arrived and finally managed to take him to hospital. Bava succumbed to his injuries after two days. Twelve goons have been identified in the case and one arrested.

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