The local police reached the spot and tried to arrest one of the attackers. However, another group of Muslims got mobilised at the spot and attempted to get the arrested man freed.
On the day of Eid, few Muslim villagers were visiting Idgah lands near the village to offer prayers. As soon as they entered the contested lands, the tribals unleashed an attack on the villagers leaving more than 23 injured.
Mainaz Begum in UP's Wazirganj had stated that the child was born on 23 May, the day PM Modi won a second term, so she had named her child as Narendra Damodardas Modi.
Many mainstream media channels had reported the incident as a case of anti-Muslim hate crime. On social media, the incident was highlighted yesterday by many influencers as a case of growing intolerance and violence against Muslims.
Gautam Gambhir, BJP's winning candidate from East Delhi took to Twitter to condemn the incident of a Gurugram man beaten up and allegedly forced to chant 'Jai Shree Ram'.
In a statement in Tamil posted on Twitter, he claimed that the word 'Hindu' is not native to India and that Hindus have to identify themselves as only Indians
Kejriwal while talking to Indian Express said that the Muslim vote "shifted" to the Congress at the last minute during the Lok Sabha polls in the capital.
After OpIndia.com's report on the shameless twisting of the incident by IndiaTimes and its journalist Shweta Sengar, IndiaTimes seems to have amended its headline and the story to give a more accurate representation of the incident.