Watch: Muslim man assaulted in Jharkhand during BJP protest, CM orders probe

A Muslim man was allegedly beaten and forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram” by a group of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers protesting on Friday near Dhanbad’s city centre against the security breach in Prime Minister’s cavalcade in Punjab on January 5, according to government officials in Jharkhand. The incident was caught in video, and showed the group thrashing and abusing the man, prompting chief minister Hemant Soren to direct the Dhanbad deputy commissioner to conduct a probe and take appropriate action. Watch this video for more.