On 18 July, a man, identified as Rafiquddin, was killed in Maharashtra’s Dhule after a group of 11 swords-wielding men struck him 27 times. Rafiquddin, a local goon, was sipping on his morning tea at a roadside tea stall when the men barged in and hacked him to death.
The gruesome incident was caught on CCTV camera and the video later went viral.
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However, on 21 July, three days after the incident, Twitter user Rabia Baluch shared a video of the incident. She tweeted the following:
Baluch claimed that the incident occurred in Ahmedabad. She tweeted that the attackers were all Hindus and that Rafiquddin was a meat-seller.
Even Danyal Gilani, Director of Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting Ministry, tweeted a newspaper clipping of the story.
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The accused, Dhule Police said, was a member of a rival gang, while Shaikh alias Guddya, 35, was recently released from prison.
One person was arrested in connection with the case. Police reviewed CCTV footage, recorded statements of eyewitnesses and registered a murder case. Five accused, who are history-sheeters, were identified and special teams were formed to nab them.
During the investigation, police received information about the accused’s whereabouts and a team was sent to Kamshet to arrest him.
Sagar Sahebrao Pawar, alias Kalti, was arrested from Kamshet in Pune. He was among the gang members who attacked Shaikh with a sword which was caught on CCTVM Ramkumar, SP (Dhule)
Pawar, one of the prime accused, is seen in red a t-shirt while the crime was being perpetrated. He fled the district soon after, Ramkumar said. He added that during his interrogation, Pawar provided important leads that will help arrest the remaining accused.
(With inputs from SM Hoax Slayer.)
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