<p class="title">After a madarsa (Islamic Seminary) teacher was pushed from a running train in West Bengal, a Muslim teen was allegedly thrashed in a train in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district, about 400 kilometre from here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seventeen-year-old Hafeez Mohammed Farman Niyazi, a student of an Islamic seminary in UP's Bareilly town, was allegedly "abused, assaulted and stripped" inside a passenger train near Babrala in Sambhal district by some youths.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The youths used objectionable words against my religion... They tore my kurta, broke my eye glasses and threw away my skull cap... They also thrashed me," Niyazi, who lodged a police complaint, said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that no one in the compartment came to his rescue while he was being beaten up by the youths, who also chanted religious slogans.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Niyazi, who claimed that he lost consciousness after being assaulted, found himself near a forested area in Babrala the next morning.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police sources said that although the incident occurred around ten days ago, it came to light on Thursday when Niyazi approached the police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Niyazi also claimed that the Railway police did not register his complaint when he approached them a few days after the alleged incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"A case has been registered against unidentified youths... We are investigating the matter," said a senior police official in Aligarh, the home town of the victim.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There have been a spate of incidents of thrashing of members of the minority community in different parts of the country in the past few days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Barely four days ago, a madrasa teacher was allegedly forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' and later pushed out of a running train near a railway station in West Bengal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, a Muslim youth was also forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' and allegedly lynched to death by a mob in Jharkhand.</p>
<p class="title">After a madarsa (Islamic Seminary) teacher was pushed from a running train in West Bengal, a Muslim teen was allegedly thrashed in a train in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district, about 400 kilometre from here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seventeen-year-old Hafeez Mohammed Farman Niyazi, a student of an Islamic seminary in UP's Bareilly town, was allegedly "abused, assaulted and stripped" inside a passenger train near Babrala in Sambhal district by some youths.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The youths used objectionable words against my religion... They tore my kurta, broke my eye glasses and threw away my skull cap... They also thrashed me," Niyazi, who lodged a police complaint, said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that no one in the compartment came to his rescue while he was being beaten up by the youths, who also chanted religious slogans.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Niyazi, who claimed that he lost consciousness after being assaulted, found himself near a forested area in Babrala the next morning.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police sources said that although the incident occurred around ten days ago, it came to light on Thursday when Niyazi approached the police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Niyazi also claimed that the Railway police did not register his complaint when he approached them a few days after the alleged incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"A case has been registered against unidentified youths... We are investigating the matter," said a senior police official in Aligarh, the home town of the victim.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There have been a spate of incidents of thrashing of members of the minority community in different parts of the country in the past few days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Barely four days ago, a madrasa teacher was allegedly forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' and later pushed out of a running train near a railway station in West Bengal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, a Muslim youth was also forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' and allegedly lynched to death by a mob in Jharkhand.</p>