Three Muslim men have been arrested in connection with the assault, said an official of MIDC police station in Solapur.

Savitri Punalekar | HENB | Pune | June 16, 2022:: A 26-year-old Hindu man was allegedly assaulted by a group of Jihadi Muslims in Maharashtra’s Solapur city over a status message supporting suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma, as gathered from the police source on Thursday.

Three men have been arrested in connection with the assault, said an official of MIDC police station in Solapur.

Narendra Sriram, the complainant, changed his WhatsApp status message on June 11 to support Sharma whose controversial comment about Prophet Mohammad had kicked up a huge row, the official said.

“Some of the accused, who are Sriram’s friends, got angry and abused him. He apologised and the matter was resolved. But on June 13, the four main accused and others allegedly assaulted him near his house,” the official said.

Sriram managed to run away from the spot, he added.

Police registered a case against Nisar Sayyad, Nouhid, Wasim Pathan, Altaf Shaikh and five or six unidentified persons.

Three of the accused have been arrested and an investigation is on, the official said. Police is also finding their connection with any Jihadi group or Islamist organizations to spread any further communal situation in and around the city.

It’s an irony that the ‘frightened’ and ‘peace loving’ minority community people are attacking and rampaging on majority Hindu people in India on Nupur Sharma row here and there.

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__Inputs from PTI.