AHMEDABAD: A Hindu youth was brutally beaten up after being seen with a Muslim woman. The incident took place in the Danilimda area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The burqa-wearing woman who was with the young man was also beaten up. After the video of the incident went viral on social media, three people were arrested after the investigation conducted by the police. Akbar Pathan, Faizan Sheikh and Hussain Syed who were in the group were arrested. A search has been launched for the rest.

The incident happened on the 26th of this month. A group attacked the young man while he was talking with the young woman. They asked him how he dared to hang out with a Muslim woman. The youth was brutally beaten by the group. Meanwhile, the group tried to remove the hijab of the woman and show her face. When she resisted, the woman was also beaten. The assailants also stole the young man's phone.

Meanwhile, the Vadodara police arrested three others for harassing mixed-married couples and uploading their videos on social media. Mustakim Sheikh, Burhan Syed and Sahil Sheikh were arrested. The group aimed to blackmail inter-married couples by recording videos of them and uploading them on social media to create enmity between religions. The police say that they have received many such videos from the phones of the arrested.