Muslim man thrashed by mob asked to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’

Kanpur: In a dastardly act, a Muslim man has been thrashed by a mob here and forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ while his minor daughter tried to save him from the crowd, police said here on Friday.
A one-minute video of the incident has widely been shared on social media in which a man was assaulted in the public and his daughter was seen crying and asking the attackers not to beat him.
Deputy Police Commissioner (South) Raveena Tyagi said that the incident was reported from Kacchi Basti locality near the Ram Gopal crossing in the Barra area of Kanpur on Wednesday and police have lodged an FIR and legal action is underway.
Police, however, did not mention the name of any organization involved in the act.
According to the information, the man is a relative of a Muslim family, which is involved in a dispute with their Hindu neighbours in the Kanpur locality.