Angry campaigns spread on social media in India, after announcing the death of a young Muslim man due to torture in a police station.
The hashtag #JusticeForZeeshanMalik has topped the social media platforms in India, to demand an investigation into the death of the 19-year-old Muslim youth Zeeshan Malik.
On November 20, the Indian capital, New Delhi, arrested Malik on charges of stealing a pack of cigarettes, and he was imprisoned.
According to the local Maktoob Media platform, the police did not inform the young man’s family about the legal procedures he was supposed to undergo.
According to the platform, Zeeshan’s family received a phone call from a police officer telling them that their son was sick and was taken to the hospital and asking to see them but upon their arrival; they discovered that he had died of illness in prison.
The pictures circulating on the communication platforms show traces of wounds, scars, bruises and stitching of a long wound. The Maktoob Media platform reported that some of the ribs and bones of Malik’s feet were broken, which prompted his family to deny the police account and accuse it of torturing their son to death.
The case aroused public opinion, as activist Samir Ansari criticized the incident, and expressed the unsafe situation in which India’s Muslims had reached by saying, “Muslims are not safe in their homes, nor on the streets, not even in prison under the supervision of the police.”
