Scrap dealer forced to chant Jai Shri Ram

2021-08-28

Main Information

  • Victim Names Abdul Rasheed
  • Date of Incident 2021-08-28
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Clothing and appearance
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Ishwar Singh, Kamal Singh
  • State Madhya Pradesh
  • City/District Mahidpur, Sikli Village, Jharda Police Station, Mahidpur, Madhya Pradesh
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Sikli Village, Jharda Police Station, Mahidpur, Madhya Pradesh
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

Two people have been arrested after harassing a Muslim man to chant Jai Shri Ram in Sikli village. The accused stopped Abdul Rasheed while he had gone to the village to collect scrap. They forced him to chant Jai Shri Ram and asked him questions like ‘what is wrong in chanting it’. The victim was reluctant to chant, but he later did so under threats and then he was let go. The police had registered a case under the sections 323, 341, 294, 153(a), 505(2), 34 of IPC.