Kanpur assault
Muslim man assaulted, paraded through street in UP's Kanpur, daughter begs for mercy
Lucknow/IBNS: A 45-year-old Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur was paraded through a street, assaulted and made to chant "Jai Shri Ram" slogans on Wednesday, media reports said.
He was eventually handed over to the police.
Disturbing footage from the incident shot by locals showed the man's little daughter clinging on to him and begging that her father be spared.
The footage also shows the man being hit even in the police custody.
The incident took place 500 metres from an intersection where the right-wing group Bajrang Dal held a meeting. They claimed Muslims in the area were trying to convert a Hindu girl in their locality.
The assault reportedly took place just after the meeting.
In a statement, the Kanpur police said they have filed a case of rioting against a local who runs a marriage band, his son and around 10 unknown people, based on a complaint by the assaulted man.
The police have not said if the men named in the case belong to the organisation.
"I was driving my e-rickshaw around 3 pm when the accused started abusing and assaulting me and threatening to kill me and my family. I got saved because of the police," the man, who is an e-rickshaw driver, reportedly said in his complaint. He has not spoken to the media so far.
The man is a relative of a Muslim family in the locality that is involved in a legal dispute with their Hindu neighbours.
The Kanpur police statement says in July, the two families had filed cases against each other at the local police station.
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