Uttar Pradesh: Police Torture Muslim Man Over Request for Respect within Mosque
Junaid Babu, a resident of Darvaispur village in Kaushambi district of Uttar Pradesh was brutally beaten in police custody for asking them not to enter the mosque wearing shoes.
Explaining the ordeal, Junaid said: “Two police constables, who came to remove the loudspeakers meant to make a prayer call in a mosque, went straight inside it wearing shoes and didn’t listen to me when I asked them not to, while returning they pointed me out saying ‘ye zyada bol rhehain’ (he is speaking too much) and dragged me into their police jeep. Police took me to police station and kept me there for some time and started beating me vigorously on my body, hands and ears.”