Muslim boy in India beaten black and blue for posing with Hindu girls
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Published: February 27, 2015
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A 20-year-old Muslim boy was badly beaten up allegedly by the ‘moral police’ in India’s southern state Mangaluru for posing in a picture with his Hindu female classmates.
The image, which went viral on Whatsapp, shows a college student lying on the laps of five female classmates and another male student sitting behind them, identified as Muhammad Riyaz.
Riyaz was hunted down by a gang of locals in Mangalore, driven to an isolated location and badly beaten, before being driven back, according to
The Indian Express.
“After the photograph was circulated on social media sites, a vigilante group got other students from the college to identify the deviant youth and on learning that he was probably a Muslim, decided to attack him,” Assistant Commissioner of Police Ravi Kumar told
The Indian Express.
The computer science student has been admitted to a private hospital in the city.
Riyaz said he was “kidnapped” near his house when he was with his friends. The men blindfolded him and took him to an isolated location where they beat him with wooden sticks. Further, he said they asked him if he was Muslim and wanted to know why he took a photo with Hindu girls.
Riyaz’s father has registered a complaint with the police, who have filed a case of abduction and attempt to murder.
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Muslim boy in India beaten black and blue for posing with Hindu girls
By
Web Desk
Published: February 27, 2015
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PHOTO: BBC
A 20-year-old Muslim boy was badly beaten up allegedly by the ‘moral police’ in India’s southern state Mangaluru for posing in a picture with his Hindu female classmates.
The image, which went viral on Whatsapp, shows a college student lying on the laps of five female classmates and another male student sitting behind them, identified as Muhammad Riyaz.
Riyaz was hunted down by a gang of locals in Mangalore, driven to an isolated location and badly beaten, before being driven back, according to
The Indian Express.
“After the photograph was circulated on social media sites, a vigilante group got other students from the college to identify the deviant youth and on learning that he was probably a Muslim, decided to attack him,” Assistant Commissioner of Police Ravi Kumar told
The Indian Express.
The computer science student has been admitted to a private hospital in the city.
Riyaz said he was “kidnapped” near his house when he was with his friends. The men blindfolded him and took him to an isolated location where they beat him with wooden sticks. Further, he said they asked him if he was Muslim and wanted to know why he took a photo with Hindu girls.
Riyaz’s father has registered a complaint with the police, who have filed a case of abduction and attempt to murder.
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Whatsapp picture raises hackles of moral police in Mangalore | The Indian Express
Whatsapp picture raises hackles of moral police in Mangalore
The vigilantes abducted Mohammed Riyaz, a final year student of computer science, in Surathkal near Mangalore on Sunday after the amusing picture of the college students went viral via Whatsapp.
Written by
Harsha Raj Gatty | Mangalore | February 24, 2015 3:32 am
A Whatsapp picture of a male student of a college near Mangalore lying across the laps of four of his uniformed female classmates in a college classroom, has raised the hackles of the moral police in Mangalore.
A group of self styled vigilantes abducted and assaulted a 20-year old male student of the college on Sunday after wrongly identifying him as the one who was posing in his college uniform across the laps of four of his female classmates.
The vigilantes abducted Mohammed Riyaz, a final year student of computer science, in Surathkal near Mangalore on Sunday after the amusing picture of the college students went viral via Whatsapp.
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“After the photograph was circulated on social media sites, a vigilante group got other students from the college to identify the deviant youth and on learning that he was probably a Muslim, decided to attack him,” Assistant Commissioner of Police for the North Sub Division Ravi Kumar said.
Riyaz, whose parents have filed a complaint with the Surathkal police, has stated that he was explaining to two of his friends Vineeth and Rithesh that he was only a silent bystander in the naughty photographs when a group in a car approached them and abducted him.
According to the complaint by Riyaz, the group repeatedly questioned his motive in posing with the girls and attacked him in the moving vehicle and forced him to consume alcohol. Despite his pleading that he was not the one one lying on the laps of the girls but the person seen merely sitting next to them, the group continued to attack him, Riyaz has stated.
The group alleged drove around with Riyaz for about five kilometres before dumping him on the road. An injured Riyaz then called his father and informed him about what had happened to him.
Riyaz’s father Abdur Rehman registered a complaint with the Surathkal police who filed a case of abduction and attempt to murder.
Police are yet to identify and arrest the suspects. Police also plan to question Riyaz’s friends Vineeth and Rithesh at whose instance he travelled to the spot where he was abducted by the vigilante group.
The Mangalore region is infamous for its moral policing with right wing saffron groups like the Bajrang Dal and Hindu Jagaran Vedike frequently attacking people for being in inter faith relationships.
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Muslim boy in India beaten black and blue for posing with Hindu girls – The Express Tribune
Reader Comments (54)
- Ghost
Feb 27, 2015 - 6:18PM
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moment of silence for all the indian trolls who come here to vent their frustration :pRecommend
- zuby
Feb 27, 2015 - 7:01PM
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wait WHAT no out cry from the indian’s, well there is a suprise…..Recommend
- Shah (Berlin)
Feb 27, 2015 - 7:26PM
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Now indian trolls waiting for an answer…I pretty sure they will find a reason for this one as well….Shameful nation..!!!Recommend
- Singh
Feb 27, 2015 - 7:29PM
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I as an Indian feel ashamed. Occasional aberrance should not be constructed as a rule. But such things should not happen even in isolation, This moral policing should stop and we will need to make more sincere efforts to educate the misguided youth who have taken upon themselves to teach others proper social behaviour.
Sorry Md Riyaz, I apologise.Recommend
- Gost-Reply
Feb 27, 2015 - 7:34PM
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@Ghost…. these trolls are not in silence. they are busy in fabricating stories like a suspicious-pak-boat (and many more). and then they will show up with a new serial of digital terrorism.Recommend
- Feb 27, 2015 - 7:55PM
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This is a private matter between the girls and the boy. I donot find anything offensive about this picture. The boy is scarred for life. He will run away from girls. Very unhealthy for modern Indian society. Hope the cops take stern action against these mangalorean sickos.Recommend
- Ahmed
Feb 27, 2015 - 7:56PM
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So much for secular India. This is probably the reason why Pakistan was created . Glad with what our founding fathers did for us by creating a separate homeland for us where we can live with honor and dignity . Thank you Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Muhammad Iqbal for Pakistan . You both were indeed one of the greatest intellectuals the world has ever seen . Recommend
- Danyal
Feb 27, 2015 - 7:59PM
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None of the mainstream Indian news channels covered this story apart from small local platforms like “News Karnataka”. Why would they want to know if he is “Muslim” so badly before beating him up? This, children, is why Pakistan exists. Recommend
- jssidhoo
Feb 27, 2015 - 8:02PM
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Not good no one should be singled out because of his religion Recommend
- zara haq
Feb 27, 2015 - 8:05PM
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And who will give him justice???Recommend
- Strange
Feb 27, 2015 - 8:07PM
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I, as a Pakistani-American Muslim feel that the boy was beaten maybe questionable but what was the need to take pictures lying in the lap of young girls and then having it posted on the Internet? Why do such strange things and then have them displayed at the social media cites?
One should be sensitive to the sensitivities of the society one lives in and not violate their sensibilities.
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- Rakesh M.
Saying that would any of you 'let it go' if one of the girls in the pic was your daughter or sister is indirectly supporting actions of vigilantes which is shameful, the picture is harmless, you must get out of your conservative cocoon. The vigilantes must be punished severely.
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- Karteek
The thing i cant understand is why is religion being dragged into this, the picture itself is a bit too much for our cultural society, i am not saying our society is perfect but again, would anyone of you be happy or let it go, if one of the girls in the picture was your daughter or sister, i understand that they girls were not forced into what ever is shown in the picture, but beating a young fellow when everyone in the picture is willingly participating it is a bit too much. This should not have happened in the first place, and the young person also should not have been beaten for something as silly as this.
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- Anamika
Hope justice will be done to that liberal Muslim man. In our country, Hindu women and Muslim men are liberals but Hindu men and Muslim women are conservatives. Let's hope everyone becomes liberal.
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- Anjaneyulu
Mangalore in the 1960's was where i grew up. The city had Roman Catholics, Hindus as the majority. The Muslims were a minority then, now with gulf money they have started to increase in Mangalore. Read about Muslim terrorists
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- Papolu Prasad
it is unfortunate that the college is not seeking legal opinion before intimidating the young people stated to be present in the allegedly offensive picture. there is a constitution that governs every law, action and responsibility and rights of the people. based on their age, these young people in the picture too have all their general and even special rights under the constitution. there are some rules of conduct of students in colleges during the session of a class. and there would be some rules that are different concerning the conduct of students during non class hours inside a class room, in the open grounds and outside, all based on statutes made in this regard and the rules made under those statutes, which in any case have all to be subject to the mandate of the constitution of India. there does not appear to be any act that can be attributed to the students in the photo which could have violated any law or rule that could be held valid under the constitution of India, and under the declaration of human rights by the united nations organisation for which india is a signatory. the students have posed for a picture among themselves. they posted the photograph taken among themselves on their facebook page or pages. no person has been in any way compelled by use of force or otherwise to look for this picture and get worked up on it. to view that photo or not was strictly a personal decision of the person seeking to do so.when i read this news report, i could find this picture only through google images with some multiple effort.the students in the picture and those who posted shared that picture too could not be said to have committed any offence under any law.the action of the college in suspending the students in the photo appears to be in hast not befitting an academic institution that has to act with circumspection. they ought to have consulted a local lawyer of some eminence and conversant with the law concerning constitution and human rights. they should have obtained the opinion in writing. they should have spoken to the students and parents. only then they should have precipitated any action. and now the lunatic neo fascist fringe have kidnapped one of the students visible in the photo, beaten him up badly, put him in the fear of mortal danger, forced him to drink alcohol, dumped him on the road. these are extremely serious offences committed by the lunatic fringe that receives constant support from the different organs of sangh pariwar. this kind of neo fascist behaviour will slowly drive away the large number of international and national companies located in karnataka. if the neighbouring states can showcase that they are more in confirmity with the indian constitution and the human rights declaration of the UNO, it is likely the state of karnataka with many incidents like this and worse will suffer a lot. ultimately the people of karnataka will suffer. so it is for the people of karnataka to decide more cautiously and more judiciously as to what type of people they elect to government. and it is a challenge for the people of India, young and old to see the dangers of neo indian fascist groups influenced by different religious fringe and create awareness among everyone concerned and stop such knee jerk reactions.
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- Anil Dhawan
Your name is not Papolu Prasad. what is your true name. Please let us know. I do not know why the minority people try to hurt the feelings of Hindu Indians. The image sent wrong signals to the Hindu community. So they must have done such a thing. But i do not support beating or troubling anyone. But if you are really perfect you need not write such long essays on Hindu organizations. Peep into your own motives and organizations and then write anything about law and policies.
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- Saddam Hussain
respect other religions too,speaking of human rights think of kashmiri pandits they were told to get out of kashmir leaving back their wifes and daughters, just imagine if those muslims boys has commited the same crime in pak or gulf,
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