{"id":197717,"date":"2026-04-03T12:31:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=197717"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:42:57","slug":"hindu-extremists-force-muslim-youth-to-chant-hindutva-hymns-in-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/03\/hindu-extremists-force-muslim-youth-to-chant-hindutva-hymns-in-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Hindu extremists force Muslim youth to chant Hindutva hymns in UP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lucknow : A Hindutva group thrashed a Muslim youth mercilessly, humiliated him and forced him to chant Hindutva hymns in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Uttar Pradesh state.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, the Hindutva group thrashed a Muslim youth, Shoaib Ahmed, mercilessly, humiliated him and forced him to chant hymns in the Cantonment police station area of Bareilly district of Indian Uttar Pradesh State, police said.<\/p>\n

Police said the accused, identified as Rishabh Thakur, not only assaulted the victim but also extorted money from him. The victim, Shoaib, who works in Dubai, said that Rs 7,000 in cash was taken from him and an additional Rs 2,000 was transferred online under duress. Police said Rs 3,300 in cash and a mobile phone were recovered from the accused.<\/p>\n

The victim was reportedly stopped in a public place by a Hindutva group and beaten, verbally abused, and forced to chant Hindutva slogans, media reports said.<\/p>\n

Police said the attackers recorded the assault and circulated the video on social media, where it later went viral. In the video, members of the group can be heard accusing the victim of being involved in so-called \u201cLove Jihad,\u201d a term used by Hindutva groups to allege that Muslim men target Hindu women for conversion through marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Lucknow : A Hindutva group thrashed a Muslim youth mercilessly, humiliated him and forced him to chant Hindutva hymns in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Uttar Pradesh state. According to Kashmir Media Service, the Hindutva group thrashed a Muslim youth, Shoaib Ahmed, mercilessly, humiliated him and forced him to chant hymns in the Cantonment police station …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t