Mumbai, August 07, 2022 (PPI-OT):A man was attacked with sharp weapons by a mob in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district accusing him of supporting suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma on social media, leaving him seriously injured
A senior police officer said that it was premature to say anything about the motive behind the attack as the investigation is at the preliminary stage.
The man, identified as Pratik alias Sunny Rajendra Pawar, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a hospital for injuries to his head and other parts of the body, a police official said.
Rajendra Pawar was attacked by at least 14 people on Thursday evening in front of a medical shop at Akkabai Chowk in Karjat town.
The incident occurred when Pawar and Amit Mane, the complainant in the case, were going to attend an event on his two-wheeler and waiting for a friend near the medical shop, the official said.
While they were waiting for a friend, some men approached them on two-wheelers. They were carrying a sword, sickle, and hockey sticks, as per the First Information Report (FIR).
One of them shouted at Pawar saying he had written a post on social media in support of Nupur Sharma and also put the status on Instagram after Kanhaiya Lal, and attacked him, Mane stated in his complaint filed on Friday.
Kanhaiya Lal was allegedly murdered by two men in June in Udaipur for sharing a social media post in support of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, whose comments on Prophet Mohammad had caused a huge row. After Pawar was left injured, Mane called up his two friends and they rushed Pawar to a state-run hospital.
A senior police officer said it is premature to link the attack to social media posts, if any, of Pawar. He said Pawar has a criminal background with two cases pending against him. He said the victim had some old enmity with members of a group, which may have led to the attack.
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