In an appalling incident a young student of madrasa was allegedly burnt alive by military men at Siddique Nagar, First Lancer. The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon. 11-year-old Shaikh Mustafa Uddin suffered 90 percent burns during the incident. However military officials denied the allegations in a statement issued late at night and claimed that no military official is involved in the incident. Angry mob took to street protesting against the barbaric act of offenders at Humayun Nagar, however police dispersed them through lathicharge.
According to details student of Mohammedia madrasa First Lancer was allegedly called in by two military men belonging to 47 brigade Mehdipatnam garrison (military unit) at 2:30 pm on Wednesday later they doused him with kerosene and set afire. Shaikh Mustafa recorded his statement before magistrate on the death bed and clearly told that 2 military men set him on fire after slapping on his face. Shaikh Mustafa Uddin is the son of Shaikh Muqueet Uddin and Shakira Begum R/O of First Lancer.
As per the latest reports received on Thursday morning the young boy succumbed to burns.
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