Indian police detain 3 in beating death of Muslim man
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LUCKNOW, India — Indian police have detained three members of a Hindu militia for suspected involvement in the killing of a Muslim man who they blamed for helping an interfaith couple elope.
Police officer Muni Raj said Wednesday that Ghulam Mohammad was beaten to death in Uttar Pradesh state’s Bulandshahar district a day earlier. The killing came days after Mohammad’s relative eloped with a Hindu girl.
The detained men belong to the Hindu Yuva Vahini, or the Hindu Youth Brigade, which was set up by Hindu priest Yogi Adityanath, who Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently named chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most-populous state.
One of the stated goals of the militia, which was founded in 2002, has been to end marriages between Muslim men and Hindu women. They claim that Muslim men are trying to spread their faith by seducing Hindu women.
