As provided by the first information report (FIR) lodged at Kotwali police station by one of the two women on Saturday evening, she had gone to Bhagat Singh Market along with a friend and a colleague to buy a birthday gift for another friend. “When we were inside a shop at the market, I called our friend by his name…for some suggestion, but the shop owners and those present there at the time raised an objection. They alleged that (he) influenced two hijab-clad women and started beating him. Soon, nearby shop owners also joined them and they removed our hijab and molested us. We somehow managed to free ourselves and filed the complaint at Kotwali police station the next day,” said one of the women whose statement was recorded by the police.

After the matter came to light, states Indian Express, Senior Superintendent of Police Rohit Singh Sajwan put personnel from four police stations and a team each from the Special Operations Group (SOG), surveillance and crime branch to investigate the case. In an unusually proactive stance, the Uttar Pradesh home department has also sought details of the incident.

“Based on the available CCTV footage, we identified 15 persons involved in the incident and arrested three, while special teams are conducting raids to nab the others. We will take strict action against those involved,” said the SSP.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (Kotwali) Amit Kumar Rai identified the arrested as Tanveer, Shan Mohammed and Uvesh alias Bhura. “We are hopeful that others will be arrested soon. A report under IPC sections 352 (assault),354 (assault or use of criminal force to any woman to outrage her modesty), 504 (insulting intentionally to provoke), 506 (criminal intimidation), 147 (rioting), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt and 295A (deliberate, malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings) has been lodged in this connection,” DSP Rai added.

On May 15, Monday, activists of the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) reportedly held a demonstration at Kotwali police station and demanded that all the accused be booked under the National Security Act (NSA) as they tried to disrupt the communal harmony in the town.

BJYM executive committee member Ankit Chaudhary, who led the demonstration, also met the SSP along with other leaders. “We will not let the offenders escape the law of the land. They deliberately…tried to create communal trouble in Meerut,” Chaudhary said.

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Two videos surfaced on April 27; the one from Aurangabad was disturbing to watch as young boys were seen pulling and grabbing a girl wearing a scarf. They snatched her phone and were saying that they will call her parents, while also abusing her. She was dragged away from the place and was screaming. She was allegedly being manhandled for strolling around Bibi Ka Maqbara with her non-Muslim male friends. 3 men have been detained by Aurangabad Police and Begampura police was to register the complaint since she and her parents refused to file a complaint on their own accord.

Miscreants targetted a #girl in veil for strolling around #BibiKaMaqbara with her male friends in #Aurangabad

Such behaviour is highly condemnable, does not have any place in civil society.

Girl, her parents refused to lodge complaint,@CSNCityPolice suo moto registered #FIR pic.twitter.com/deQzth6EO3

— Mohammed Akhef TOI (@MohammedAkhef) April 27, 2023

Another video was of a burqa-clad woman sitting in a rickshaw being harassed by some men, allegedly since she was seen with a non-Muslim man. She was being heckled and abused for roaming around with a man and for wearing lipstick as well. The men were heard saying, “we have caught you red handed and your boyfriend as well.” In the video at least, the woman appeared fearless and was arguing with her harassers. It is being alleged that it was men from her own community heckling and troubling her.

Another case of a girl in hijab is getting harassed by her own community men for allegedly roaming with Hindu boy.

Jigar colony Moradabad, UP

Please arrest these goons & put them behind bars @Uppolice & @moradabadpolice . pic.twitter.com/AA4qHlvSfq

— BALA (@erbmjha) April 27, 2023

In Meerut, a Hindu boy was beaten up on the day of Eid after being seen with a Muslim girl. In a video of the incident, the girl was questioned about her religion and confirmed that she, along with another female friend, was Muslim. The man verbally abused them, accusing them of tarnishing the name of Muslims and using vulgar language. Someone in the crowd then suggested that they be beaten. The Hindu boy attempted to explain to the mob that they were just sitting together, but was then asked about the nature of their relationship. The crowd proceeded to physically assault him.

This Incident allegedly to be happened on the Evening of EID! Hindu boy got beaten up by the mob for sitting with the Muslim girl.

Gandhi Bagh, Meerut@Uppolice @meerutpolice

कृपया इसका संज्ञान लें pic.twitter.com/eN0XPktAoy

— BALA (@erbmjha) April 27, 2023

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