After Jharkhand, it's Bengal! Madrasa teacher pushed off train for not chanting 'Jai Shri Ram'

The victim has been identified as Hafeez Mohammed Sahrukh Haldar who is a 26-year-old madrasa teacher from West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district. He said he was attacked while travelling from the district's Canning to Hoogly via train last Thursday.

A madrasa teacher from West Bengal was allegedly beaten up and pushed off from moving train by a group of men after he refused to chant "Jai Shri Ram" on Tuesday. (Representative photo)

New Delhi: Two days after 22-year-old Tabrez Ansari was beaten up to death by a mob who forced him to chant names of Hindu god, a madrasa teacher from West Bengal was allegedly beaten up and pushed off from moving train by a group of men after he refused to chant "Jai Shri Ram" on Tuesday. The victim has been identified as Hafeez Mohammed Sahrukh Haldar who is a 26-year-old madrasa teacher from West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district. He said he was attacked while travelling from the district's Canning to Hoogly via train last Thursday. A complaint was registered by him, a Government Railway Police (GRP) officer said. "He said a group of men came to him and urged him to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'. They started beating him when he refused before pushing him off the moving train as it was entering the Park Circus station," the officer said. Haldar sustained minor injuries over his eyes and hand. He lodged a written complaint against unknown persons in the Ballygunj GRPS on Monday, the officer added. Also Watch | Why mob violence in the name of 'Ram'?  In a recent incident, Tabrez Ansari was attacked by a mob, which accused him of theft and allegedly forced him to chant "Jai Shri Ram" and "Jai Hanuman" in Jharkhand's Saraikela Kharsawan district. Watch | Mob beats up youngster brutally; dies in hospital Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi termed the lynching of a 24-year-old man a "heinous crime" and said "Jai Shri Ram" can be chanted by embracing people and not by throttling them. Meawhile, eleven people have been arrested in connection with Ansari's death and a special investigation team has been set up to look into the matter. (With inputs from agencies)