The Interior Minister of Karnataka, G Parameshwara, confirmed on Tuesday that an unidentified person was lynching by a mafia last week in his state during a local Cricket match for shouting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’.
The relations between Pakistan and India have collapsed to their lowest level in years after a April 22 attack in the Kashmir occupied by India that killed 26 people, mostly tourists. After the incident, New Delhi, without providing any evidence, implied that Pakistan supported the attackers, an accusation that Islamabad has strongly denied. The world has been urging the two neighbors with nuclear weapons to “exercise restriction” amid increasing tensions.
Speaking during a press conference, a video of which it was shared in the X account x of The Press Trust of IndiaThe minister confirmed the incident, saying: “It was reported that a lynching of the mafia that could not be determined could not be determined. He was supporting Pakistan during a local Cricket match while shouting ‘Pakistan Zindabad,” he said.
The minister added that it was not yet known if the victim was from Karnataka or that it came from another place, and added that as soon as the people of the crowd saw him supporting Pakistan during the party, some of them met and began to attack him.
“He did not die in the spot, he died [later] Due to the shock, ”said Interior Minister, added that almost 10 to 12 people had been arrested and that more investigation was being carried out.
“We will definitely take it very seriously because such incidents should never occur anywhere.”
He said that if the victim had sung Pro-Pakistan slogans, people should have given it to the police instead of taking the law in their own hands.
Parameshwara asked the public to maintain peace and harmony in the state.
According India todayMangaluru’s police commissioner Anupam Agawal said it was a “brutal and unprecedented attack.”
“We had never seen such a case in Mangaluru. The injuries were extensive and there was no timely medical help. That led him to death,” said the commissioner cited by the media.
