Ghaziabad: In a heart-wrenching incident, an aged Muslim man in Loni was brutally assaulted in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district by miscreants. The man recognized as Abdul Samad was thrashed on June 5 whereas on his method to a mosque to supply prayers.
A video has of the brutal incident is being shared on social media together with Abdul Samad narrating his ordeal. Samad may be heard saying within the video ,”attackers abducted him from an autorickshaw and dragged him to a hut in a nearby forested area, assaulted him and forced him to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Vande Mataram’ as they punched and beat him with wooden sticks.
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The video exhibits at the least two different younger males attacking Samad – one carrying a black shirt and purple trousers, and one other in a light-blue T-shirt and gray trousers. ABP News could not confirm the authenticity of the video.
Reports counsel that the attackers accused Samad of being a Pakistani spy. One of the attackers threatened the aged man with a knife.
The Ghaziabad police have registered a case and arrested one individual – Pravesh Gujjar – on this regard. A search operation is being carried out to
Samad additionally alleged that attackers reduce his beard and likewise confirmed him a video of different Muslims being attacked.
“I was on my way when an auto-rickshaw driver offered me a lift. Later two more men got inside the auto and told me to stay. Then they took me to a jungle and locked me up in a room and thrashed me. They asked me to chant Jai Shri Ram and Vande Matram…They snatched my phone and broke my watch. They then got scissors and cut my beard,” a visibly petrified Samad narrated the incident, breaking down into tears.
“They also threatened to kill me. They showed a video of them attacking other Muslims,” he added.
Atul Kumar Sonkar, a senior police officer from Loni, said “required steps” had been being taken and one of many accused is in jail and a search operation is underway. However, later the tweet was faraway from Ghaziabad police’s Twitter deal with.
In the current previous additionally there have been many acts of violence reported over non secular variations.
