Three Muslim clerics were allegedly beaten up by unidentified persons in a moving train in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh leaving them injured, police said on 23 November.
The ‘maulvis’, who boarded a passenger train at Delhi last night, were on their way to their village in Baghpat when they had a tiff with some youth who allegedly beat them up, SP Baghpat Jaiprakash Singh said.
The three madarsa teachers allegedly got into an argument with six to seven youth while deboarding the train, who then beat them up with sharp objects, said Northern Railway CPRO Nitin Chaudhary.
The victims and some of their supporters later got down at Amhaida station and lodged their protest against the incident, and a case was registered against six unidentified persons at the Baghpat Kotwali police station, he said.
It has also been alleged that the three maulvis – Gulzar, Israr and Abrar – were pushed out of of the train, but the police did not confirm it.
Baghpat Kotwali police station incharge B Kumar said that the case was being transferred to the Railway police.
(This article was written in an arrangement with the PTI)
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