Cab Driver Beaten Up in Thane, Asked to Chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’
3 men have been arrested by police in Thane for allegedly beating up a cab driver and asking to chant Jai Shri Ram.
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Three men have been arrested by police in Thane in Maharashtra for allegedly beating up a Muslim cab driver and later asking him to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.
According to the complainant, Faizal, who drives a cab for an online aggregator, he took some passengers to Diva town in the district Saturday night, the officer said.
Faizal told police that while returning, he got into a quarrel with four or five men, who were in an inebriated state, and they beat him up.
When the accused realized that he was a Muslim, they asked him to say 'Jai Shri Ram'.
Three men have been arrested and a search was on to nab the other accused, another police official said, without revealing the arrested men's names.
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