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Muslim men caned by Indian police
Almost a dozen Muslim men in India were shown being caned publicly for allegedly throwing rocks at a Hindu celebration.
In the Gujarat state of India, ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, almost a dozen Muslim men accused of throwing rocks at a Hindu religious event were tied to a pole and publicly caned by plain clothes police while a growing crowd yelled “Hail Mother India”. (Screen grab from Twitter, @isaifpatel)
After being detained by police in Gujarat state for “disrupting” a religious Hindu celebration called Navratri Garba, plain clothes Indian police took it upon themselves to enact their own brand of justice by restraining the Muslim men upright on a pole and beating them with canes in front of a large crowd.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This video is said to show police in India flogging several Muslim men accused of pelting stones at a Hindu festival dance event, or garba.<br><br>In some areas, Muslims have reportedly been banned from the dances or attacked for trying to attend. <a href="https://t.co/XZegy35HBi">pic.twitter.com/XZegy35HBi</a></p>— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) <a href="https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1577663649812021249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The plain clothes Indian officers were captured in videos that immediately went viral as they enforced corporal punishment on the Muslim men while their hands were restrained. According to NDTV, the large crown of spectators were chanting slogans such as “Hail mother India.”
Videos of the unsanctioned justice was also posted to VTV, a local neighborhood news source. VTV Gujarati News said that “10 to 11 heretics were hauled to the [Undhela] village, where the police taught them a lesson in public.”
According to the report, the Muslim men were also forced to “apologize to the public” and to the police inspector on sight who was in charge of the scene.
