3 Years After Akhlaq’s Lynching, His Villagers Say Nobody Got Nothing Out Of It

3 Years After Akhlaq’s Lynching, His Villagers Say Nobody Got Nothing Out Of It

“At the end, who gained from it?” asks Chhotu Khan. It’s a question that lingers on all of Bisada, in conversations between villagers, in attempts to portray normalcy, in the uneasy silences and impatient retorts.

There’s a resolve to move on as well. But it’s easier said than done.

A house located in the centre of this predominantly Rajput village bears the scars from three years ago. Till September 27, 2015, Mohammad Akhlaq, who owned this house, was like any other resident of Bisada. The next day, a mob stormed his house and beat him to death, driven by the rumour that Akhlaq had slaughtered a cow and kept beef in the house.

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