<p class="title">A Pune-based doctor and author on Tuesday said he was confronted by a group of youths in New Delhi and asked to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr. Arun Gadre said the incident took place near Connaught Place on Sunday when he was out on a morning walk.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gadre was staying at the YMCA near Jantar Mantar and was to go to Bijnor to attend an event organised by the Indian Medical Association the same day.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was taking a morning walk at around 6 am near the YCMA and suddenly a group of youth confronted me and asked me to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'. As I was taken aback, I just said it. However, they insisted that I chant it loudly and asked me 'uncle, are you not Hindu?'," Gadre said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gadre said he found the incident 'a little funny' and did not report it to the police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The youths did not hurt him and that is why he did not register any police complaint, Gadre said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said he later told a journalist friend about what happened.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gadre has co-authored a book about malpractices in the medical field and solutions to improve communication between doctors and patients. </p>
<p class="title">A Pune-based doctor and author on Tuesday said he was confronted by a group of youths in New Delhi and asked to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr. Arun Gadre said the incident took place near Connaught Place on Sunday when he was out on a morning walk.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gadre was staying at the YMCA near Jantar Mantar and was to go to Bijnor to attend an event organised by the Indian Medical Association the same day.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was taking a morning walk at around 6 am near the YCMA and suddenly a group of youth confronted me and asked me to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'. As I was taken aback, I just said it. However, they insisted that I chant it loudly and asked me 'uncle, are you not Hindu?'," Gadre said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gadre said he found the incident 'a little funny' and did not report it to the police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The youths did not hurt him and that is why he did not register any police complaint, Gadre said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said he later told a journalist friend about what happened.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gadre has co-authored a book about malpractices in the medical field and solutions to improve communication between doctors and patients. </p>