Muslim man assaulted, forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' in Ghaziabad
India Today
A Muslim man from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad was assaulted and allegedly asked to raise slogans of other religions.
In Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, a video took the internet by storm wherein a Muslim man was seen being manhandled and misbehaved by another individual. According to the victim, the perpetrators belonged to another community and they were forcing him to raise slogans and chant 'Jai Shree Ram', which were 'violative of his own religious beliefs'.
The viral video is said to be from the Modinagar Police Station jurisdiction, as per sources.
He was assaulted and allegedly asked to raise slogans of other religions. The incident was recorded by the victim on their cameraphones and they reported the assault instance to the local police.
The Muslim youth told India Today that he was scared at the time of the assault as he feared being thrashed.
The boy, identified as Sadaqat, said that he was an imam (mosque's councillor) in the Asjad area.
"I read and offer namaz. We are referred to as imam," the victim introduced himself.
Narrating his plight and sharing the incident, Sadaqat said, "I was returning after offering the namaaz in the evening around 5:30 pm. I went for a stroll with a boy named Kaif. Right ahead of the cow shelter (in the vicinity), two individuals on a motorcycle called me out and asked me to stop. They teased me about my religious identity, but I did not stop because I assumed that they were teasing me."
