Muslim man hit by car for refusing to chant 'jai shree Ram' in national capital Delhi | Photo Credit: ANI

New Delhi: A Muslim man alleged that he was beaten up and then hit by a car after he ignored the vehicle’s occupants’ order to chant 'Jai Shree Ram'. The incident brings to light the law and order condition in the national capital New Delhi.

The victim Mohammad Momim alleged that the incident occurred with him in Rohini Sector 20 area of New Delhi on Thursday.

“Some people sitting inside the car asked me to say 'Jai Shree ram' but I avoided them. They then verbally abused me & hit me with the car which has caused these injuries,” Momim told the news agency ANI.

Delhi: Mohammad Momin who was injured after he was allegedly hit by a car in Rohini Sector 20 yesterday, says,"some people sitting inside the car asked me to say 'Jai shree ram' but I avoided them. They then verbally abused me&hit me with the car which has caused these injuries." pic.twitter.com/BN7zlzimJp — ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2019

DCP Rohini SD Mishra said an FIR of the accident has been registered. “We have registered an FIR of accident.

However, Mohammad Momin has claimed that three boys who were in a white car had asked him to say some religious word, when he refused, they hit him. Now we are verifying this allegation. CCTV footage will be examined,” Mishra told ANI.

This isn’t the first reported case wherein people from the minority community were allegedly forced to chant the religious slogan.

On Thursday, a complaint was filed against members of a fringe right-wing group in Assam’s Barpeta town, when they allegedly assaulted a group of people from the minority community and forced them to chant ‘jai shree Ram’ and ‘Pakitan murdabad’.

The religious slogan created quite a stir in Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal recently over its usage.