Mentally Challenged Man Beaten Up In Kashmir Over Braid-Chopping Rumours

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Channel: NDTV India · 2017 · News & Politics

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A man with special needs was beaten up by an angry mob on the suspicion that he was a braid chopper. His attackers also tried to burn him alive in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore area, police said today. A cellphone video shows a group of men ruthlessly beating him, stripping him and attempting to set him on fire. The victim has been identified as Wasim Ahmad Tantray. (Audio in Hindi)

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