Rajasthan horror: Hate-crime accused glorified in Ram Navami procession

March 27, 2018 20:50

In a disturbing development, Shambhu Lal Raiger, accused of murdering a Muslim man, Afrazul, was deified in a procession taken out by right-wing groups on the occasion of Ram Navami here on Sunday, a matter which the police are now looking into, officials said.

Raiger, who is presently behind bars, is accused of hacking Afrazul in the Rajsamand district of Rajasthan.

What had made the 'hate-crime' all the more shocking was that it was committee on camera and the chilling video-clip had then gone viral on-line.

In the procession, out of several tableaux, one was dedicated to Raigar. A man, impersonating the murder-accused posed with a pickaxe in his hand and another posed as the victim and lay on the ground.

A flex message hailed the hate crime accused as someone who had tried to fight 'love-jihad'.

"Wake up Hindu brothers, save your sister and daughter; Nation should be liberated of love jehad," the message, in hindi, said. It hailed Shambhu as someone who tried to eliminate 'love-jihad'.

Shockingly, some of the organisers even defended the brazen eulogising of a hate-crime accused.

-- PTI

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