Cry for action: Indian activists shouting against Modi during a protest in New Delhi calling for an investigation into the recent beating to death of a Muslim man by a mob near Mumbai and other attacks. -AFP
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke his silence over the lynching of a Muslim man suspected of eating beef, calling it “unfortunate”, after criticism over his failure to speak out.
Modi accused the opposition of stirring up controversy over the incident in which Mohammad Akhlaq was dragged from his home and beaten to death over rumours he had eaten beef.
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