Assault on Muslim man found in hotel with woman from another community: Police detain 2 persons

Bhopal, Two persons including a juvenile have been taken into custody in connection with an assault on a Muslim man after he was found with a woman from another community in a hotel in the city, police said on Wednesday.Assault on Muslim man found in hotel with woman from another community: Police detain 2 personsThe incident, which took place on May 10, also led to protests and stone-pelting late on Tuesday night.A Muslim man was beaten up, smeared with cow dung and paraded on the street members of a right-wing organisation on Sunday after he was found with a woman from another community in a hotel in Govindpura area.A case was regered at Govindpura police station and two persons were taken into custody on Wednesday on the basis of video footage and statements of witnesses, said an official.One of them was a juvenile and he will be presented before the Child Welfare Committee, he said.Police have also identified other accused, he said.Meanwhile, a mob protested against the May 10 incident in Old Bhopal area and indulged in stone-pelting on late Tuesday night but the police intervened and brought the situation under control. Teargas shells were also used to disperse the mob.”While many of them left after police intervened, around 300-400 persons continued to protest and also indulged in stone-pelting. A stone hit a vehicle of Tallaiya police station,” said Bhopal police commissioner Sanjay Kumar.A case was regered for stone-pelting while two or three persons were also taken into custody, Kumar said.A video showed Bhopal Madhya MLA Arif Masood and Bhopal North MLA Atif Aqueel pacifying an angry mob and appealing to the people not to take law into their own hands.Members of the Muslim community also staged a protest outside the Bhopal Police Commissioner’s office on Tuesday, disrupting the traffic briefly.They demanded strict action against the accused in the May 10 incident and warned of a bigger protest if the accused were not arrested.Police Commissioner Kumar met Bhopal’s Qazi-e-Shahar Syed Mushtaq Ali Nadvi, and later told reporters that a case had been regered against unidentified individuals who would be traced and arrested soon.Terming the incident as extremely serious, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen demanded that the police reger a case under the stringent National Security Act .State AIMIM president Mohsin Ali Khan would meet Nadvi and discuss the incident, the party said.This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.