Five persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly being part of a mob that barged into a cafe in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly on December 27 and assaulted a group of students who were taking part in a birthday celebration, The Indian Express reported.
The mob accused two Muslim men, who were part of the gathering, of “love jihad” and attacked them. Videos of the assault sparked outrage on social media on Sunday.
Love jihad is a Hindutva conspiracy theory that Muslim men trick Hindu women into romantic relationships with the aim of converting them to Islam. The Union home ministry has told Parliament that Indian law has no provision defining such a term.
A nursing student in Bareilly, UP, hosted a birthday party for her classmates at a café. The group included six girls and four boys, two of whom were Muslim. Shortly after the celebration began, members of the Bajrang Dal barged in, assaulted the Muslim boy and the girl and… pic.twitter.com/T8b1d7lQvw
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The police in Bareilly filed a case against two men named Rishabh Thakur and Deepak Pathak, and 25 unidentified persons. However, Thakur and Pathak, believed to be the key accused persons, were not among the five arrested on Monday, The Indian Express quoted unidentified officials as saying.
Those arrested were identified as Prince…
Source: Uttar Pradesh: Five arrested for attacking birthday party in Bareilly on ‘love jihad’ claims
