Cross FIR filed against family attacked by mob in Gurugram

Gurugram: A week after Sajid Siddiqui filed a complaint against the mob attack at his home on March 21, a cross-FIR has been filed against Mohammad Sajid's family. The FIR has been filed in Gurugram's Bhondsi police station under Section 34 (acts are done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means). The complainant in the case is Rajkumar.

"After being treated, he heard that the situation had blown out of proportion in the village and there was a mob attack. On hearing all this, he preferred to leave the hospital without telling anyone," Subash Boken, the Gurugram spokesperson said.

Sajid's brother Dilshad had filed an FIR in the case March 21, the day when the incident happened. A video of at least 25 men vandalising Siddiqui and attacking his family went viral. No arrests have been made in the case yet.

The victims also alleged that the suspects' family and friends have been mixing with people visiting their home since the attack to keep a tab on their plans.

"We are living in constant fear of being watched," Mohammad Sajid, the owner of the house, said. The family had earlier stated that they were being pressured to reach a compromise with the suspects.

The migrant Muslim family, which was attacked by a group of men with sticks and rods in Dhumaspur village of Bhondsi, said on Wednesday that they will seek legal counsel if the police register a cross-FIR in the March 21 violence that left at least 12 of the family injured, including three children.

The family denied claims that the 18-year-old suspect's head was injured when the family allegedly pelted stones after a petty fight over cricket. The family instead claimed that Rajkumar, who surrendered at the Bhondsi police station on Tuesday, was injured when "the mob" entered their home and beat the family members.

Meanwhile, villagers from Nayagaon, where the suspects live, maintained that they too have suffered physical harm and that the police must register a cross FIR. The Gurugram police have highlighted that cross-FIR has been filed after the verifying all the claims.