Mumbai: Boy thrashed by group after being caught with girl at railway station in Bandra

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A 16-year-old Muslim boy was allegedly beaten up by a group of persons amid chants of 'Jai Shri Ram', after he was caught boarding an express train at Bandra railway terminus in Mumbai with a teenage Hindu girl, who they claimed was kidnapped by him, police said on Wednesday, reported the PTI.

The incident occurred on July 21, but came to light when its video went viral on social media on Tuesday, the police said, according to the PTI.

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The boy as well as the girl, who is 17-year-old, are residents of Ambarnath in neighbouring Thane district of Maharashtra, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official told the PTI.

"The incident took place on July 21, when the Muslim boy and the Hindu girl were caught by a group. The girl's family members had earlier lodged a complaint of her kidnapping in Ambarnath. After coming to know that the boy and the girl are at the Bandra railway terminus, a group of around a dozen people reached the spot and started assaulting the boy amid chants of 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans," another police official said, the PTI reported on Wednesday.

They bashed up the boy and dragged him out of the railway station by pulling his hair, he said.

"Someone from the spot captured the incident on his mobile phone camera, and the video went viral on social media on Tuesday, following which the local police as well as the GRP swung into action and launched a probe," the official told the PTI.

A case was registered in this connection in Ambarnath and investigation into the case is on, the police said.

(with PTI inputs)