The victims belong to the Yogi community from Uttar Pradesh. They regularly engage in traditional practices like bhiksha (begging)
Team Clarion
BHOPAL – Two Hindu saints were humiliated and thrashed recently by a group of people on suspicion of being Rohingya Muslims.
The incident occurred in the Hatipiliya town of Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district. The victims, Rohit Jogi and Deepak Jogi, were saints from Uttar Pradesh and had come to Dewas to seek alms.
A viral video that surfaced on social media on Sunday, shows the saints being interrogated by a group of people about their religious identity and knowledge of Hindu scriptures. They were also asked to sing Hindu hymns like the Hanuman Chalisa.
Some people are heard demanding the saints show their identity cards. When the saints failed to satisfy the group, the assailants assumed they were Rohingya Muslims in disguise and physically assaulted them.
The group then informed the police who reached the spot to take the injured saints to the police station for investigation. Upon inquiry, it was revealed that they were devout Hindus belonging to the Yogi community from Uttar Pradesh who regularly engage in traditional practices like bhiksha (begging).
In July, three Hindu saints were allegedly thrashed in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut by Hindutva supporters on suspicion of being Muslims in disguise.
On information, the Meerut police took the saints into custody. While verifying their IDs police realised they were from the Hindu community and hailed from hail from Jagadhri in the Yamunanagar district of Haryana. The three were later sent home.
