A group of Muslims led by Taufeeq and Shanu beat up a Hindu trader and destroyed his shop and warehouse for playing Hanuman Chalisa at a Muslim-majority area in Banda, Uttar Pradesh. The victim, Siddhant Tiwari, in his complaint to the police, alleged that the goons threw pieces of flesh at his shop.
According to Tiwari, the Muslims asked him to stop playing the system as it was a Muslim-majority area. When he did not budge, they came as a group and attacked him with iron rods and damaged his property. Tiwari sustained injuries on the head and body.
Tiwari said he has been doing his prayers like this for years and this is the first time that the Muslims attacked him. “Although they were not happy with my presence, they never ventured to assault me,” he told the police. It seems that Muslims want him to vacate the area.
The police filed FIR and a manhunt was launched to nab the culprits. Vishwa Hindu Parishad took out a protest march. It demanded that the culprits should be brought to book.
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