West Bengal police arrests man who forced vendors to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’

Two Muslims were allegedly attacked and harassed to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ by a man in West Bengal’s Howrah city.

Police have arrested the attacker, Amit Dutta, a resident of Mainakpara in Howrah.

Two videos of the incident emerged on social media platforms where Dutta, bare-chested, holding a stick, allegedly asks a street vendor and an auto



rickshaw driver to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram.’

When the vendor obliges, Dutta asks him to recite Hanuman Chalisa, a Hindu religious chant. “Hamein nahi aatha (I don’t know),” he replies.

Dutta slaps the Muslim man and hurls Islamophobic statements at him. “Teri maa ka, idhar rahane ka nahi, Pakistan bhaag (Do not live here. Run to Pakistan),” he replies.