Rizwan’s father, Mohammed Israil, said his son had felt very hungry on Thursday night. Police ne danda mar mar ke bahut ghayal kar diya (My son felt very hungry on Thursday night, so he stepped out to buy biscuits. The police beat him and badly injured him),” a weeping Israil told reporters outside the district government hospital on Saturday morning. Villagers at Chhajjapur in Ambedkar Nagar alleged the police had selectively targeted a hungry Rizwan, 19, refusing to let him buy the biscuits citing the lockdown restrictions. The Yogi Adityanath government had announced plans to supply food grains to the poor at their doorstep.

Source: The Telegraph April 18, 2020 21:45 UTC