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{{Infobox civilian attack<br />
| title = Afrazul Khan lynching<br />
| location = [[Rajsamand]], Rajasthan<br />
| date = 6 December 2017<br />
| target = Afrazul Khan<br />
| weapon = Pickaxe<br />
| victim = Afrazul Khan<br />
| convicted = Shambhun Lal Regar<br />
}}<br />
{{Islamophobia}}{{Violence against Muslims in independent India}}<br />
On 6 December 2017, a 48-year-old labour contractor '''Afrazul Khan''' (a residence of Malda, west Bengal) was hacked and burnt alive by a hindutva goon Shambhu Lal Regar.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quint |first=The |title=Shambhu Lal Regar, Who Lynched Afrazul Khan, May Fight 2019 Polls |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/shambhulal-regar-contest-2019-lok-sabha-elections-afrazul-khan-lynching |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref> Afrazul, a petty labour contractor, went for a cup of tea to the labour chowk Jal Chakki, where Bengali workers customarily gather every morning.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MANDER |first=HARSH |title='My Father Was a Good Man' :Killed in Rajsamand, Afrazul's Family Grieves in Bengal |url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/2/12873/My-Father-Was-a-Good-Man-:Killed-in-Rajsamand-Afrazuls-Family-Grieves-in-Bengal |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=www.thecitizen.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=Violent Cow Protection in India |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/02/19/violent-cow-protection-india/vigilante-groups-attack-minorities |journal=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}</ref> Shambhu Lal Regar called him to a vacant plot of land owned by his family.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dhara |first=Tushar |title=Elections 2019: As Rajasthan's Rajsamand goes to polls, silence shrouds the Afrazul hate killing |url=https://caravanmagazine-in-nalsar.knimbus.com/politics/elections-2019-rajasthan-rajsamand-afrazul-shambhulal |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=The Caravan |language=en}}</ref> It was there that Shambhu attacked by a pickaxe Afrazul, as Shambhu's 14 year old nephew videotaped the attack. And poured kerosene over him and set on fire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rajasthan lynching: State govt hands over Rs 5 lakh cheque to Mohammed Afrazul’s family |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajasthan-murder-state-govt-hands-over-rs-5-lakh-cheque-to-mohammed-afrazuls-family-4975526/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Saberin |first=Zeenat |title=Hate crime in India: Muslim man hacked, burned to death |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/7/hate-crime-in-india-muslim-man-hacked-burned-to-death |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Impact) |first=Likhita Banerjee (Social |title=Lynching a hate crime, India must enact law to end it |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/opinion/lynching-a-hate-crime-india-must-enact-law-to-end-it |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Khaleej Times |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Lynching deaths in India]]<br />
[[Category:Anti-Muslim violence in India]]<br />
[[Category:Hinduism-motivated violence in India]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths by beating]]<br />
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