A man was brutally thrashed with sticks by a group of people in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar for 'disrespecting' God. A video that went viral shows Vipin Kumar being brutally beaten and forced to chant the name of Hindu gods, according to a NDTV report. Vipin Kumar and others were then arrested after some right-wing local groups registered a complaint against the incident. This incident comes at a time after Dalits were thrashed in Bhima-Koregaon on the 200th anniversary of the battle between the Mahars and Peshwa army. Local villagers, allegedly instigated by some right-wing groups, asserted that the pilgrimage-like event glorified the British and was anti-national.

Source: dna January 17, 2018 14:03 UTC