Meerut, August 27: In a shocking incident of 'love jihad', a couple was harassed and beaten up by a mob on an allegation of "love jihad". In the video that went viral after a scribe shared on Twitter, the youth who is a medical college student is beaten up in front of police personnel. The victim, a Muslim, is accused of luring a Hindu girl into a relationship. Meerut: Youth Beaten by Mob On 'Love Jihad Charge', Day After Girl Gets Thrashed by Police For 'Relation With Muslim Man'.

The woman as quoted in an ANI report said, "We were sitting, and studying when members of Bajrang Dal came, locked me up in a room and beat the man up. They asked for an ID and taunted us saying 'how will you get married? He's a Muslim, you're Hindu.' We said there's nothing like that. Police reached later, and put us in separate vehicles, and they misbehaved with me. In the police station, a woman asked me to file a rape complaint against him."

The woman further narrates that when her family refused, she was slapped by the cops for being friends with a Muslim man.

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