Will the Islamophobia never end?
“Aligarh: Man beaten up for ‘reciting Bhagavad Gita’ at home, two held,” Express News Service, July 6, 2019:
The Aligarh police arrested two persons Friday for allegedly beating up a 42-year-old man, their neighbour, for “reciting Bhagavad Gita” at his residence in Delhi Gate police station area.
Police said Dilsher Khan was reciting from the holy book Thursday morning when Mohammad Sameer (20) and Zakir (21) entered his house and assaulted him.
On Friday Sameer and Zakir were produced before a local court, which sent them to judicial custody, said Station House Officer (SHO) of Delhi Gate police station, Indresh Pal Singh.
According to the SHO, Khan told the police that he recites holy books, Bhagavad Gita and Ramayana every morning and the two suspects had objected to this several times.
“On Thursday morning, the two barged into Dilsher’s residence and started beating him up. Dilsher’s family members intervened. Dilsher claimed that the two then left his house, but took the holy books with them,” said the SHO….