Men beaten up, mosque vandalised in Karnal

Delhi | Saturday | 2nd June, 2018

Summary:

more-inAround half-a-dozen Muslim men were allegedly beaten up and the mosque they were in was vandalised by locals protesting against the volume of the loud-speaker during namaz in Haryana’s Karnal district on Wednesday. Inaam Khan, a local Muslim leader, said this is not the first time that such an incident has happened in Karnal. The police said that a group of young men in Karnal’s Newal village allegedly barged inside the local mosque around 9 p.m., beat up the men offering namaz and also destroyed the speakers. Sameyan Khan, a local resident, said the men were beaten up without any provocation. “The villagers also pulled down a wall inside the mosque,” said Mr.

Khan..