New Delhi: A 16-year-old Muslim boy was allegedly beaten up by a group of persons at Bandra Terminus railway station in Mumbai, the video of which has gone viral on the social media. According to a report by news agency PTI, the boy was allegedly caught boarding a train with a minor Hindu girl, who the mob claimed to have been “kidnapped” by him. The incident took place on July 21 but came to light after the video went viral on Tuesday, police said.
"The incident took place on July 21, when the Muslim boy and the Hindu girl were caught by a group. The girl's family members had earlier lodged a complaint of her kidnapping in Thane’s Ambarnath. After coming to know that the boy and the girl are at the Bandra railway terminus, a group of around a dozen people reached the spot and started assaulting the boy amid chants of 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans," PTI quoted a police official as saying.
According to the report, the mob thrashed the boy and dragged him out of the railway station.
AIMIM leader Waris Pathan said no case was registered over the July 21 incident until the video went viral.
“I have been informed that this incident happened around 21/22nd July at Bandra railway station which comes under Nirmal Nagar police station. But the video went viral on social media today. What was police doing till date, why no investigation or complaint registered by police who was present there,” Pathan wrote on X.
Meanwhile, police said a case has been registered in Ambarnath and investigation is underway.