Updated Mar 14, 2021 · 05:10 pm A screenshot from the video. | Instagram/Hindu Ekta Sangh
The Ghaziabad Police arrested a man and his associate after a purported video of him beating a Muslim boy, who had gone to drink water at a temple, was widely shared on social media,
Hindustan Times reported on Saturday.
The video showed the accused asking the boy for his and his father’s name. Then he asked the boy what he was doing inside the temple. After the boy said that he came to drink water, the accused began thrashing him. He hit the boy on the head and twisted his arm. The accused continued to hit the boy even after he fell down. All this while, the man’s accomplice recorded the video. The video was originally shared by an Instagram account called Hindu Ekta Sangh. It has since been deleted.