A Muslim man was beaten up by a group of men for allegedly carrying beef in Maharashtra on Wednesday. The victim, Salim Ismail Shah, was carrying 15 kilos of meat on his motorbike when he was accosted by four persons who beat him up. The four men identified as - Moreshwar Tendulkar, Ashwin Uike, Janardan Chaudhary, and Rameshwar Taywade - have been arrested.

According to Shah’s wife, Zareen, he was carrying mutton for a programme on the previous day when he was accosted by six to seven men. She adds that her husband remembered the faces of four men and she wanted them to be punished for their crime.

Shah was admitted to a hospital after sustaining injuries. The incident follows a list of similar cases of mobs taking law into their owns hands..