Thane: Three men have been arrested by police here in Maharashtra for allegedly beating up a Muslim cab driver and later asking him to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram‘.
A case under IPC sections 295 (hurting religious sentiments) and 392 (robbery) was registered by Mumbra police, said Deputy Commissioner of Police S S Burse.
According to the complainant, Faizal, who drives a cab for an online aggregator, he took some passengers to Diva town in the district Saturday night, the officer said.
Faizal told police that while returning, he got into a quarrel with four or five men, who were in an inebriated state, and they beat him up.
When the accused realized that he was a Muslim, they asked him to say ‘Jai Shri Ram’.
Three men have been arrested and a search was on to nab the other accused, anotpti her police official said, without revealing the arrested men’s names.
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So any body can make such claims & presstitute media will highlight it. If this is not inciting communal riots what else is ? On hearsay they put out such headlines. Its just like Pakistan where if a Muslim accuses some one of blasphemy he or she is lynched.
Nowadays, it is a fashion for muslims to violate law and then blame the opposition party with communal angle to get away.
Media should stop taging religion to victims name as the name itself say it all