Uttar Pradesh: Muslim scrap dealer brutally assaulted on a train, forced to chant "Jai Shri Ram,".
A scrap dealer from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh was assaulted onboard a train on the night of January 12th. The train was crowded and after some passengers boarded the train from the Hapur district, a man screamed and called him a thief saying “Mullahs (Muslims) are thieves.” After hearing his scream, the other men there began to thrash him. They plucked his beard and said “Alll these Mullahs are the same”. The perpetrators forced him to chant “Jai Sri Ram” (Glory be to Lord Ram). They removed his clothes and ruthlessly beat him as he refused to chant the slogan. The beating continued from Garh town to Moradabad. A passenger among the crowd showed “kindness” and pushed him out of the train at the station outer in Moradabad, just before the train departed, and told him to run fast and escape. He managed to run while still naked.