Ballabhgarh lynching: Main accused sent to two days police remand

The Faridabad distinct and session court sent the main accused of Ballabhgarh train lynching to two days police remand on Sunday.

The next hearing will be on July 11.

Earlier in the day, the family of Junaid, who was lynched to death in a train in Ballabhgarh, demanded death penalty for the accused.

"I appeal the government to announce death penalty for the accused and arrest the remaining involved in this case. Such incidents are happening everyday in every parts of the nation. We are living in fear," Junaid's father Jalaluddin told ANI.

Yesterday, the Haryana Railway Police arrested the main accused in the Ballabhgarh train lynching incident from Maharashtra's Dhule district, and the police appeared the accused before the court today.

The identity of the suspect has been kept as secret owing to legal reasons.

On June 22, Junaid Khan was allegedly lynched by unidentified persons on a local train while travelling from Ghaziabad to Mathura.

The incident took place when Junaid along with his brothers were returning to their village on Haryana after going to shop for Eid in Delhi.

Haseeb, Junaid's brother, said his skull cap was pulled off and his beard was tugged while the mob hurled abuses at them and were called "beef-eaters".