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In Maharashtra’s Anwa village, an Imam [a Muslim cleric] who was leading a prayer at mosque was attacked by unidentified perpetrators. The individuals entered the mosque and beat him up for refusing to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’.
An India Today report quoted Imam Zakir Sayyed Khaja said that the incident happened on Sunday around 7.30 pm when he was sitting in the mosque and reading the Quran.
Reportedly, the unidentified individuals who’d entered the mosque had cloth over their faces and had forced the Imam to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ when he was reading the Holy book.
When he refused, three attackers took him outside the mosque and beat him up. He also claimed that the attackers had used a chemical-laced cloth to make him unconscious. He said he realised after he regained consciousness that his beard was cut off.
