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Muzaffarnagar: A Muslim resident of Hamza Masjid Kidwai Nagar in Muzaffarnagar has accused the police of attacking and beating him.
Shahzad, who is a muezzin (person who calls for prayer at a mosque), in his application filed at a local police station in district Muzaffarnagar said that he was heading towards the mosque at 3:45 am on 17 June to recite Azaan (Muslim call to prayer) when he was stopped Noor masjid, Kidwai Nagar by two policemen.
“When I told the two policemen that I am a Muezzin, I was beaten up with a baton and forced to leave the spot,” Shahzad claimed in his application.
The two policemen came riding on a motorcycle and started shouting ‘religious slurs like O Mulley’ and then started beating him, he said.
Shahzad has said that he hopes for justice and urged the authorities for proper investigation and seeks punishment for the two policemen.
According to the Muzaffarnagar Police’s Twitter handle, the matter is being looked into by Thana Kotwali and investigation is going on.
When TwoCircles.net reached Thana Kotwali the inspector in charge claimed that ‘Shahzad has given in writing that he was not beaten.’