In Hoogly, West Bengal, a 54-year-old muezzin namely Mohammed Sufiuddin was allegedly slapped by an unidentified youth for refusing to chant Jai Shri Ram.
Sufiuddin said that he was approached by three motorcycle-borne youths and asked to chant the slogan when he was riding a bicycle from his home to the mosque on Wednesday around 3.45 am.
”I told them about my religious identity and requested them not to force me to chant the slogan. At this, one of the youths slapped me and I fell down with my cycle. As I cried in pain, the youths escaped from the scene. There was no one around as it was too early in the morning,” Sufiuddin was quoted by The Telegraph as saying.
Sufiuddin filed a complaint at Chinsurah police station against three unidentified persons.
Gaurav Sharma, the police commissioner of Chandernagore said that a probe into the incident has been started.