In a shocking incident, a Muslim man was pulled out of a hotel room and thrashed for being with a Hindu woman in Barmer district in Balotra, Rajasthan.
The incident took place on Thursday and Barmer’s Additional Superintendent of Police (ADSP) Kailashdan Ratnoo reported, “The Muslim man and the Hindu Rajput woman had checked into a hotel in Balotra, but soon after, the woman’s relatives arrived at the hotel and assaulted the man.”
The owner of Mansarover Hotel, Multan Parihar explained, “Padu Khan, about 25, had checked in our hotel along with a middle aged woman around 10 A.M. The woman was wearing a traditional Rajasthani attire. About half an hour later, the woman’s relatives somehow came to know that she was here and five persons reached the hotel.”
The owner said the men told him they would take care of the issue themselves. Parihar further added,“I then went out, but soon afterward, my staff informed me about a mob. Men from Shiv Sena had gathered outside and dragged Khan out of the hotel.”
He said, “They were chanting ‘Jai Sri Ram’ and brutally assaulting him. Had police delayed anymore, he could have been lynched.”
Parihar also mentioned, “While assaulting him, the mob said that it was a case of love jihad.”
Kailashdan Ratnoo reported that Khan was taken to Barmer hospital and then sent to Jodhpur.
