A class 5 child of Muslim faith was recently thrashed for refusing to raise slogans of ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogan in Khandwa city, Madhya Pradesh. According to reports, the 10-year-old boy was on his way to tuition, when the accused forced him to raise slogans of Jai Shree Ram. When the boy refused to do so, the accused thrashed him. The accused only let the boy go after the boy raised the slogans of Jai Shree Ram.
The matter came to the fore after the child’s father took to the police and raised a complaint regarding the incident. As per the reports, the incident took place under the Pandhana police station’s area in Khandwa city and occurred earlier on December 28. The accused in the matter has been identified as Ajay Bhil, the neighbour of the Muslim boy who was thrashed.
Following the incident, Anil Chauhan, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Khandwa, was quoted in a The Quint report saying, “We received a complaint in Pandhana police station that a boy (minor), while he was going to tuition, was harassed and forced to chant Jai Shri Ram by one Ajay Bhil. We registered an FIR under sections 295, 323 of the IPC and appropriate action will be taken post investigation,”.
A #class 5 student allegedly forced to chant Jai Shri Ram, thrashed in #Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district.
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