Malda (WB), Dec 7 (PTI) The family of a labourer who wasattacked with an axe and then burnt alive in Rajasthan todaydemanded strict action against the killer who allegedly alsouploaded a video of the gruesome crime on social media.
Mohammad Afrazul of West Bengal's Malda district was setablaze yesterday in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district.
The video, which has gone viral on the internet, shows aman raving about "love jehad", a term used by sections ofHindu activists to describe marriages between Hindu women andMuslim men, who are accused of seeking to propagate Islam.
"We want a thorough investigation to be conducted intothe incident and the culprit to be punished," a relative ofAfrazul told reporters in Malda.
According to Rajsamand SP Manoj Kumar, the accused hasbeen arrested and is being interrogated.
Afrazul'S family members said they did not know why hewas killed.
"We don't know the real reason behind his killing. Hewas the sole bread winner of the family. We came to know thatthe person who killed him had called him on the pretext ofgiving him work," a relative said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has condemnedthe killing and called the incident "inhuman". PTI PNT RBTBDS.
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