Autorickshaw driver assaulted in Rajasthan, forced to chant ‘Jai Shree Ram’

Jaipur | Saturday | 8th August, 2020

Summary:

Police in Rajasthan’s Sikar district have arrested two people for allegedly assaulting a 52-year-old autorickshaw driver on Friday after he refused to chant “Modi zindabad” and “Jai Shree Ram”.

According to the police, the two accused have been arrested after an FIR was lodged by Gapphar Ahmad Kacchawa, who also claimed the duo stole his wristwatch and money.

Kachhawa was left with broken teeth, a swollen eye and bruises on cheek.

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Jaipur: Police in Rajasthan’s Sikar district have arrested two people for allegedly assaulting a 52-year-old autorickshaw driver on Friday after he refused to chant “Modi zindabad” and “Jai Shree Ram”.

According to the police, the two accused have been arrested after an FIR was lodged by Gapphar Ahmad Kacchawa, who also claimed the duo stole his wristwatch and money.

Kachhawa was left with broken teeth, a swollen eye and bruises on cheek.

“At around 4 am on Friday, my uncle was returning after dropping off passengers to a nearby village when two men who were in a car stopped him and asked for tobacco.

However, they declined to take the tobacco that my uncle offered and asked him to say Modi zindabad,” said Shahid, a nephew of Kacchawa.

In the FIR registered by the police, Kacchawa said that the men slapped him when he refused to comply.

“One of the men asked me to chant the slogan ‘Modi zindabad’ and I refused… Then he slapped me hard.

I took my taxi and tried to flee towards Sikar.