The Muslim teen was allegedly caught travelling with a kidnapped girl
A Muslim teenager was thrashed by a group of men at Mumbai's Bandra railway station after he was seen with a minor Hindu girl, whose parents had filed a police case of kidnapping.
The incident reportedly happened on July 21, though the video went viral on social media on Tuesday.
The girl is a resident of Ambernath, adjacent to Mumbai, the police said. She had gone missing, after which her parents filed a police case of kidnapping.
Some people saw her with the teen at Bandra terminus, and they caught hold of him. A video of the incident shows the teen being kicked, punched and dragged by the group of men. They took him outside the railway station and thrashed him there too.
The men then handed over the girl to the police.
The local police haven't given a statement on the incident yet.
The Bandra Railway Police, however, said they have filed a case against unknown people for assaulting the teen and raising objectionable slogans under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
A Bandra railway police (GRP) officer said that after receiving a letter from Nirmal Nagar police about the incident, a first information report (FIR) for rioting and assault was filed against unknown people, news agency PTI reported.
"The GRP is the complainant in the case as it has taken suo motu cognisance of the incident... We have identified the assaulted boy and contacted his family members," a police officer said.
The people who assaulted the boy can be clearly seen in the viral video, he said, adding no arrest has been made so far.