This story is from April 15, 2021

West Bengal: Hooghly cleric ‘attacked’ for refusing to say ‘Jai Shri Ram’

A 54-year-old mosque cleric was allegedly assaulted by three youths for not chanting “Jai Shri Ram” at Chawkbazar in Chinsurah, Hooghly, early on Wednesday.
West Bengal: Hooghly cleric ‘attacked’ for refusing to say ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Chandannagore city police commissioner Gaurav Sharma said they were probing the incident. (Photo: chandannagarpolice.wb.gov.in)
CHINSURAH: A 54-year-old mosque cleric was allegedly assaulted by three youths for not chanting “Jai Shri Ram” at Chawkbazar in Chinsurah, Hooghly, early on Wednesday.
The monajjem of Chawkbazar masjid, Mohammed Sufiuddin, was on his way to conduct the morning Ramzan prayers when three people on a bike intercepted him and asked him to chant “Jai Shri Ram”.
When he refused, they allegedly slapped him and shoved him down the road before speeding away.

Sufiuddin later lodged a complaint with Chinsurah police. Chandannagore city police commissioner Gaurav Sharma said they were probing the incident.
“The complainant says he was assaulted. We are looking for CCTV camera footage to zero in on the accused,” Sharma added. Even though polling in Hooghly ended on April 10, the political heat here is yet to cool off.
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