After a video that went viral on various social media platforms showing a man in Delhi being thrashed by another man as he is forced to chant “Pakistan Murdabad”, the police said.
The police said that the accused has been arrested and an FIR has been filed in the matter.
The disturbing clip shows the accused who was identified as Ajay Goswami thrashing a man. He pins him down to the ground and tells him “Zor se bol, Hindustan Zindabad, Pakistan Murdabad.” As the man being beaten holds Goswami’s feet, he shouts angrily: “Leave my feet”.
Voices of other men, probably recording the video in northeast Delhi’s Khajuri Khas locality, can be heard as they curse this man being roughed up. They tell him to chant: “Asaduddin Owaisi Murdabad”. Mr Owaisi is a Lok Sabha MP and president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen reported NDTV.
In a tweet, Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Sanjay Kumar Sain: “A video of Khajoori Khas incident is in circulation on social media. Cognizance of the incident has been taken and a criminal case has been registered. The accused has been arrested and investigation of the case is in progress”.
Ajay Goswami was also named an accused last year in a Delhi riots case, the police said.
The fresh clip from northeast Delhi has prompted sharp reactions on social media. The man who was being beaten up also has a case of robbery and murder filed against him, the police officials said. However, It is not yet what led to the incident.
The police said that an investigation is in progress into the matter.