Chamba Murder Case: Mob sets accused Musafir Hussain's house on fire

Days after Himachal Police recovered chopped body parts of Dalit Man Manohar Lal dumped in a drain in Bhandal village on June 8, a mob set the house of the accused on fire on Thursday.

The district authorities have issued prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC in Chamba’s Salooni area for two months to prevent further flare-ups.

Chamba SP Abhishek Yadav said there was no casualty in the incident. Videos of mob breaking the police barricades have also gone viral. Musafir Hussain, currently in jail, has been accused of killing a 28-year-old Manohar, reportedly the uncle of a minor girl who he was in a relationship with.

Hussain had allegedly invited Manohar to his house and beat him up with a stick till he fainted and afterwards chopped his body into eight pieces and dumped them into a drain.

Manohar Lal gets justice.

Angry villagers set fire to Shabbir’s house.

Shabbir chopped Manohar Lal’s body into eight pieces just because Manohar Lal was in love with muslin girlpic.twitter.com/wzwjNk8k1H

— Right Singh (@rightwingchora) June 16, 2023

Police have since arrested three persons, including Hussain. The other two accused are Farida, Hussain’s wife, and Shabir.  Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu called the killing and subsequent burning of the house unfortunate and not in tune with the “Dev Sanskriti” of Himachal.

He said “the culprits” have already been arrested and if the opposition wants an NIA probe into the matter, he has no objection to it.

“This is a very sensitive matter and the opposition BJP should not try to create tension and drive political mileage from this incident,” Sukhu said.

Sukhu also reviewed the law and order and held a meeting with all Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police in the context of the Salooni incident in Chamba district and directed them to keep strict vigil.

Earlier in the day, Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur who would visit the family of the victim along with state BJP chief Rajiv Bindal on Friday had demanded an NIA investigation into the murder. Both, the CM and the Leader of the opposition have appealed to people to maintain communal harmony.

With inputs from PTI

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