Three men in a car were heckled and assaulted for allegedly raising “Jai Shri Ram” slogans in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on Wednesday. The police have registered a case after a video of the said incident went viral on social media and have arrested the accused.
Three men, identified as Pavan Kumar, Rahul and Binayak, were in a car and were going to inspect a second-hand two-wheeler that was on sale. The incident took place in the Chikkabettahalli area when the men in the car were holding a flag and chanting Jai Shri Ram slogans on the occasion of Ram Navami. They were intercepted by two bike-borne men who objected to the sloganeering.
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Around 3.45 pm, the men on a bike, identified as Farman and Sameer, stopped them in the North Bengaluru area and asked why they were chanting the slogan, saying that they should only shout ‘Allah Hu Akbar’, as can be seen in the video.
“Farman then tried to snatch the flag from the three men, two of whom chased him into a lane. Sameer rode away. The three men returned to their car a little while later and were accosted by Sameer and Farman, who was carrying a stick,” said an official from the Vidyaranyapura police station, where the FIR was registered.
Two others, at least one of whom is a minor and another whose age is being ascertained, also joined Farman and Sameer and allegedly assaulted Rahul and Binayak. While Rahul was attacked with the stick and suffered head injuries, Binayak was hit on the nose, according to an NDTV report.
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The accused fled after the attack and the police reached the spot and took the three men to the police station. Pavan registered the complaint and they were all taken to a hospital. Farman and Sameer have been arrested while the two suspected minors have been detained.
A case has been registered under IPC Sections 295, 298, 324, 326, 506, and rioting at Vidhyaranyapura Police Station.
