Muslim family attacked, robbed on train in India

Victims were attacked with rods, robbed and molested

A Muslim family was ruthlessly assaulted and robbed by a gang on a train in Uttar Pradesh, India.



The victims suffered fractures and severe internal injuries in the head and stomach, The Hindu reported.

Railway police has filed a case and detained three men who attacked the family. The video of the family pleading as they were being assaulted went viral on social media. The images of around 30 young men armed with rods and sticks abusing the family made rounds. They jumped inside the train after breaking the glass of the emergency window.

According to 53-year-old Shakir, the culprits singled them out on noticing the veil-clad women on the Shikohabad-Kasgang passenger train. "We were attacked with rods. They robbed us and molested the women. They did not spare even my 17-year-old mentally challenged son," Shakir, a resident of Kaimgang of Farrukhabad district, told mediamen.

Superintendent of Police OP Singh said four of the family suffered head injuries, four others suffered hand fractures and all 11 had internal bleeding in the stomach. He said a case under Section 395 of the IPC had been registered, but more sections would be added in the course of the probe, The Hindu further reported.



"These people jumped inside the train, groped the women and snatched their chains," said Shakir. "Some of the passengers who came to our rescue were attacked too."

At the Farrukhabad station, the GRP took them to the hospital for a medical examination, he further added saying.