While the nation was engrossed in celebrating Holi on Thursday, a Muslim family in Gurugram was brutally thrashed by a group of about 20 men and asked to ‘go to Pakistan’.
As per the reports, a group of around 20 men arrived at the two-storey house of Mohammad Dilshad (32) in Bhoop Singh Nagar of Bhondsi, armed with sticks, a spear and hockey sticks. They first pelted stones at the house and vandalising the three motorbikes standing outside. Then they barged into the house of Mohammad Sajid and beat the male family members with rods and sticks.
Reportedly, the altercation occurred when a few unidentified people approached the children from the family who were playing cricket. They asked the children to “go to Pakistan and play.”
In a police complaint, Dilshad, one of the victim had alleged that two unknown men came on a bike and asked them to go to Pakistan and play. Dilshad also added that fighting erupted when a boy sitting at the back of the bike slapped his uncle Sajid and threatened. The victim also alleged that within 10 minutes of the incident, more than six people attacked their home with Bhalas (spears), talwars (swords) and lathis (sticks). The family also claimed that it took almost 40 minutes for police to appear on the scene.
Another member of the family, Samira said, “We were making food for some guests when suddenly they entered our home. They beat me up with sticks when I tried to stop them. I asked them what has happened,”
The family has lodged an FIR, and the incident was apparently also captured on a family member’s mobile phone. As per Surender Kumar, SHO of Bhondsi police station, a case has been registered under different sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC)- 148 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly), 307 (attempt to murder), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees), 452 (house trespass) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
The police has arrested six people so far, while the efforts are being made to arrest the rest.
