Five arrested for assaulting boy who refused to chant 'Jai

Police today arrested five youths who allegedly beat up and fractured the arm of an 18-year-old boy after forcing him to chant "Jai Mata Ki" at a park in outer Delhi's Begumpur area.
The accused have been identified as Aditya, Sagar, Karamjit, Sachit and Anshu, all aged between 20 and 25 years. They have been booked under IPC Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 341 (wrongful restraint) and 506 (criminal intimidation), DCP (Outer) Vikramjit Singh said.
The police maintained that there were inconsistencies in the statements of the complainant and they had to wait for a medical opinion on his X-ray reports before registering a case.

Nowhere in the police complaint has the boy mentioned about being forced to say "Bharat Mata ki Jai".
In his complaint, the victim, Mohammad Dilkash, told police that the incident took place on March 26 when he was sitting in a park with two of his friends Ajmal and Naeem near their madrasa in Bhajanpura. Another group of five persons was also sitting nearby and consuming alcohol.
Suddenly, a boy, who was known to Dilkash, from the other group, came closer and allegedly slapped him. Soon, remaining four members of the group also approached Dilkash and his friends. They threatened them saying "if they want to live, they must say Jai Mata Ki," the complaint read.

Dilkash claimed that he and his friends obeyed the orders and repeated the religious chant, but the group still beat them up with bamboo sticks.

According to police, some locals called up the police control room, following which Dilkash and his friends were taken to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Rohini for medico-legal counselling.
The doctors there found "no fresh external injuries" on Ajmal and Naeem, but Dilkash was sent for X-ray after he complained of severe pain on his left forearm.
The fracture in his arm was confirmed by X-ray report which the police again sent for a medical opinion.

Meanwhile, an official privy to the investigation said that during interrogation the accused have claimed that a scuffle broke out between them and the three boys but rejected the allegation that they forced them to chant any religious slogan.
An official privy to the investigation said Menon earlier
had a fight with one of the two juveniles around a month ago.
When Menon's friends were questioned, it emerged that the arguments took place over Menon and his friends playing some prank on the accused a few months ago.
The official further said after yesterday's incident Menon, his friends and the juveniles, all left the scene and, prima facie, they did not realise at that point of time that Menon had collapsed soon after.

The deceased boy's father, Unnikrishnan Menon, who is a native of Kerala and works at an MNC here, said, "My son went to purchase something when he was cornered and beaten up. We know who are involved and we are awaiting the postmortem report."
The local pan shop owner claimed there was no fight in which his sons were involved and they were apprehended by police only because they were seen with Menon, being the ones who took him to a hospital.
Menon was first rushed to Malik Hospital in Mayur Vihar, which informed the matter to police, following which he was rushed to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital. Menon's body was sent for postmortem examination and viscera was preserved for further examination, police said.