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Meat found in Ikhlaq fridge was beef, says forensic report

Dadri: Meat found in Ikhlaq’s fridge was beef, says forensic report submitted in April

A report prepared by a forensic laboratory has confirmed that the meat found in Dadri lynching victim Mohammad Ikhlaq’s house was from a “cow or its progeny”, documents showed.

Fifty-two-year-old Ikhlaq and his son Danish were attacked by a mob at Bisada village in Dadri over rumours that they had slaughtered a cow in September last year.

Ikhlaq had died of injuries at a hospital, while his son survived with a fractured skull. The incident sparked a nationwide debate over intolerance and beef politics. It also triggered a chain of protests across the country, with prominent writers, film-makers and scientists returning their awards.

Police had sent a sample of the meat from his home to a Mathura laboratory for forensic tests to check if it was beef. Eating beef is not illegal in Uttar Pradesh, where Dadri is located, although the slaughter of cows is banned.


In an initial report last year, the local government veterinarian had said the flesh was from a goat.

A fast-track court recently allowed the lawyers of the suspects who allegedly lynched Ikhlaq to get a copy of the forensic report. The report of the forensic test was submitted to the fast-track court in April.

The court rejected the application of the public prosecutor who had objected to the disclosure of the report.

The police have arrested eighteen people, including two juveniles, in the case so far and a chargesheet has been filed against them.

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