Muslim cab driver beaten up in Thane, asked to chant Jai Shri Ram
PTI, Jun 28, 2019, 11:06 AM IST
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 Mumbai 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 is on to nab the other accused, another police official said, without revealing the arrested men’s names.
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