Hindutva goons thrashed two Muslim men in Gurgaon city of the Indian state of Haryana allegedly on account of their religion and snatched away their mobile phones and bike.
The police said the two assailants attacked and hurled religious slurs at Abdur Rehman and his friend Mohammad Azam. The police is said to have identified one of the assailants as Amit.
The incident took place in Gurgaon’s Sector 45, near Ramada Hotel. The victims, who hail from Bihar, were on their way to Chakkarpur village on a motorcycle after collecting donations for a madrassa and had briefly stopped at the hotel. The police have registered a case based on the complaint by the two Muslim men under various sections the Indian Penal Code including causing hurt, robbery, and malicious intention of outraging religious feelings.
Giving a detailed account of the incident, Rehman told the media that one of the two assailants who came on the spot in a white car broke a conversation with them before calling someone on phone. Once his accomplice joined him, both of them started beating us, he said. “They snatched our mobile phones and motorcycle. One of the accused brought a white powder-like substance from the car and forcibly put it in Azam’s mouth.—INP
