Elderly Man Slapped, Abused On Train Over Suspicion Of Carrying Beef In Maharashtra

An elderly man was slapped and abused repeatedly on a moving train by his co-passengers who suspected him of carrying beef in Maharashtra. Dozens watched the horror unfold in front of them, some with smiles on their faces, but did nothing to help the man.

The disturbing video, filled with expletives, shows nearly a dozen men interrogating Ashraf Munyar over a meat-like substance in two big plastic boxes that he was carrying: “What are you carrying? Where are you going? Where are you from? Don’t you get goats there? How many people are going to eat it?”

The elderly man, who looked visibly shaken, managed a feeble response that he was taking the meat for his daughter’s family. Mr Munyar, a resident of Jalgaon district, was travelling on Dhule Express to his daughter’s house in Malegaon.

The men, dissatisfied with his response, kept questioning him about the meat and recording the exchange on their phones. At one point, the victim said that the boxes contained buffalo meat.

“We will know about it (the kind of meat) once we get it tested,” responded one of the men. “It’s sawan season. It’s our festival and you are doing this,” said another.

Sawan, or the month of Shravan, is considered one of the most holy months for Hindus.

The Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act 1976 bans the slaughter of cows, bulls and bullocks. Buffaloes are not covered under the ban.

The Railway Commissioner has confirmed the incident and registered a First Information Report (FIR) in the matter. The railway police is looking for the passengers who beat him up, the commissioner said.