Nawada lynching: Police push ‘theft’ angle after killing of Muslim man, family slams posthumous victim-blaming

Nawada lynching: Police push ‘theft’ angle after killing of Muslim man, family slams posthumous victim-blaming

Days after a 50-year-old Muslim street vendor, Mohammad Athar, was lynched by a Hindu mob in Bhatta village of Roh block in Bihar’s Nawada district, police have begun examining a viral video allegedly accusing the deceased of theft. The move has drawn sharp criticism from his family, community members, and rights activists, who describe it as a grave injustice and an act of victim-blaming after death. In what family members and local residents d…