Four Of Muslim Family Injured In Attack At Aligarh Railway Station

Likely that altercation could have led to incident, say police Four members of a Muslim family were injured when a mob of around a dozen unidentified people attacked them at the Aligarh railway station on Sunday afternoon, allegedly because of their religious identity.

According to an FIR registered by the Government Railway Police (GRP), Sahim Khan, a resident of a village near Kannauj, and his family had just alighted from the Kanpur-Anand Vihar Express at Aligarh at 4.30 p.m. when the group attacked them on the platform. Mr. Khan’s nephew, Taufeeq Khan, suffered an injury on the forehead. Their wives were also beaten.