Seen on a bike with a Muslim woman in Patna, Bihar On leaving, a group of local people thrashed a Hindu man. The incident was reported from a local market in the city under Pirbahor police station limits, where the two classmates were stopped and questioned by locals while they were going somewhere. Muslim locals asked the woman to return home.
They then thrashed the man, identified as Sagar Kumar Mishra, and questioned him for being around the woman despite being a Hindu. The entire incident was caught on camera and soon went viral on social media.
Meanwhile, the Patna Police said that they have not yet received any complaint from either the man or the woman. The police further said that acting on the viral video, they have started an investigation into the matter.
Earlier in a similar incident in Kanpur, a man was thrashed and his head was shaved after he was seen talking to a woman near a school in the city. This man was accused of harassing girls by changing his name.