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The '''2017 Pratapgarh lynching''' refers to death of Zafar Khan, a political activist and member of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/zafar-khan-cpi-ml-member-lynching-rajasthan-pratapgarh-women-defecating-in-open/1/984127.html|title=Was Zafar Khan lynched or he died of heart attack? Where is the complete video?|access-date=2017-11-15}}</ref> based in the [[Pratapgarh district, Rajasthan|Pratapgarh district]] of Rajasthan on 16 June 2017 when he tried to stop 5 employees of the Pratapgarh municipality from taking pictures of women defecating in public.<ref name="India.com">{{cite news|last1=Chauhan|first1=Shubhang|title=Muslim man lynched by Rajasthan civic officials for preventing them to click images of women defecating in public|url=http://www.india.com/news/india/muslim-man-lynched-by-rajasthan-civic-officials-for-preventing-them-to-click-images-of-women-defecating-in-public-2242437/|accessdate=16 June 2017|publisher=[[India.com]]|date=16 June 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref name="TheHindu" /> This is the second lynching case in Rajasthan after the [[2017 Alwar mob lynching|killing of a Muslim dairy farmer by cow protection vigilantes]] in April 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Raj|first1=Suhasini|title=Hindu Cow Vigilantes in Rajasthan, India, Beat Muslim to Death|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/world/asia/india-cow-mob-hindu-vigilantes.html|accessdate=16 June 2017|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=5 April 2017}}</ref>

== Incident ==
On Friday morning municipal employees were allegedly on a tour to photograph people defecating in the open.<ref name="hindustantimes">{{cite news|title=Rajasthan officials allegedly beat man to death after he objected to their ‘photographing women defecating in public’|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/man-objects-to-civic-officials-taking-photos-of-women-defecating-in-open-is-lynched-to-death/story-bjv71wviSpLGlXtT7SAWuL.html|accessdate=16 June 2017|publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=16 June 2017|language=en}}</ref> The event occurred near Bagwasa Kachi basti when 55 year old Zafar Khan allegedly objected and tried to stop the municipal staff from taking photographs and videos of women defecating in the open.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rajasthan Man Lynched for Objecting to Civic Officials Taking Photos of Women Defecating in the Open|url=https://thewire.in/148380/rajasthan-man-lynched/|accessdate=16 June 2017|publisher=The Wire}}</ref> According to the municipality including by way of a video released by it, Khan abused the workers, threatened to kill them and assaulted one of them.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="hindustantimes" /> A fight ensued in which as mentioned in the police complaint by Khan's brother Noor Mohammad, Khan was beaten up including with a stick.<ref name="TheHindu">{{cite news|title=Rajasthan officials lynch man for stopping them from taking photos of women defecating in open|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/rajasthan-officials-lynch-man-for-stopping-them-from-taking-photos-of-women-defecating-in-open/article19089422.ece|accessdate=16 June 2017|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|language=en}}</ref> He was declared dead when rushed to the nearest hospital. Khan it is reported had petitioned for private toilets.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/lynched-rajasthan-man-was-protecting-wife-and-daughter-eyewitnesses-say-govt-official-yelled-kill-him/story-I6FWd0xv3JBZ7ZoeNcEavJ.html|title=Man lynched in Rajasthan: Eyewitnesses say govt officials yelled ‘kill him’|date=17 June 2017|accessdate=17 June 2017|publisher=The Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> According to one woman, civic employees, over a period of four days, urged those indulging in open defecation to use public toilets.<ref name=":0" /> Pratapgarh municipal commissioner Ashok Jain denied attacking Khan and his team taking photographs to shame people.<ref name="hindustantimes" /> According to some eyewitnesses, the municipal staff yelled ''kill him'' referring to Zafar Khan.<ref name=":0" />

== Aftermath ==
After this incident, local people along with the family members of the deceased gathered at the mortuary where Khan's body was kept and blocked [[National Highway 113 (India)|NH 113]] for several hours.<ref name="India.com" /> They demanded compensation & arrest of the municipal employees. Some Muslim organisations alleged that the administration was trying to conceal the matter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Govt officials thrash man to death for objecting to photographing women defecating in open|url=http://www.oneindia.com/india/govt-officials-thrash-man-death-objecting-photographing-women-defecating-open-2466929.html|accessdate=16 June 2017|publisher=[[Oneindia]]|language=en}}</ref>

Pratapagarh police has registered a FIR against Kamal Harijan, Ritesh Harijan, Manish Harijan, municipal commissioner Ashok Jain and others following a police complaint by the relatives of Khan.<ref name="hindustantimes" />

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