Court Orders FIR Against Family of Akhlaq, Lynched in Dadri

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In May, a forensic report submitted in court has said that the meat found in a dustbin outside Akhlaq's home was beef or the meet of "a cow or its progeny". Earlier, the police had quoted a local doctor as saying that it was mutton.

More than ten months after 50-yr-old Mohammad Akhlaq was dragged out of his home in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri and killed by a mob over rumours that he had eaten beef, a local court has ordered that seven members of his family should be investigated for cow slaughter.

The court in Greater Noida on Thursday ordered an FIR against Akhlaq's family, based on a petition filed by villagers.

Samples of meat had also been seized from a refrigerator in Akhlaq's house, but forensic tests reportedly concluded it was mutton.

Cow slaughter is a crime in Uttar Pradesh. Police said the meat was sent for testing only to establish the motive behind Akhlaq's killing.

Akhlaq was lynched by a mob in Bisada village in September 2015 over rumours that he had killed a calf and eaten its meat. A few people in the village are under in the case.