Mob attacks on Muslim men, forcing them to chant Jai Shri Ram are becoming part of Hindu vigilante playbook in UP. The drummed-up paranoia over religious conversions, ahead of elections, is turning into dangerous extremism. The Kanpur incident has also traumatised a young girl, seen clinging to her battered father.
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