Loni viral video: Ghaziabad Police refutes communal angle, says victim knew accused
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There is no communal angle to the incident in Loni where a Muslim man was thrashed and his beard chopped off, said Ghaziabad Police.
A video is being widely circulated on social media showing an elderly Muslim man being thrashed in Ghaziabad's Loni. The Ghaziabad Police is now claiming that there is no communal angle to the incident and that the man knew the assailants personally. Abdul Samad, 72, was thrashed by six people on June 5. The assailants also chopped off his beard, as can be seen in the viral video. Accompanied by local Samajwadi Party leader Ummed Pahlwan Idrisi, Abdul Samad lodged an FIR in this regard on June 7 against unidentified persons. Samad later took part in a Facebook Live where he alleged that he was abducted and thrashed by the assailants who also forced him to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.More Related News