A Muslim family was brutally assaulted and robbed by a gang while they were returning from a wedding ceremony on Shikohabad-Kasganj train travelling through UP’s Mainpuri district on Wednesday, said a Times of India report.
Ten members, including children and a mentally challenged teen, were admitted to a government hospital in Farrukhabad for serious injuries after being attacked iron rods and sticks.
Mohammad Shakir, 50, told TOI that around 30-35 men kept banging on their coach and pelted stones to break the windows. They then entered the train after breaking the emergency window’s glass panel.
He said they were verbally abused by the attackers who said, “Kill them, they are Muslims”.
Shakir’s son Arsaan said:
He said that when the family boarded the train, some five youths too got on and later snatched a smartphone from his handicapped brother’s hand. When Arsaan confronted them, he was thrashed along with his mother and sister who rushed to rescue him.
He said that he dialed 100, but the call was dropped.
The Hindu report said that three people have been arrested and a case under Section 395 of the IPC had been registered. More sections will be added.
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