Gurugram, Aug 2: A Muslim man on Wednesday alleged that he was forced to shave his beard and was thrashed by some unknown men, following an altercation, in Haryana’s Gurugram. An FIR has been registered in Sector 29 of Gurugram against some unidentified men. The victim has been identified as Yunus. Also Read - Woman Held With Pistol at Metro Station in Gurugram | Read Here

After a fight, the men forcibly took Yunus to a barber’s shop and asked the barber to shave off his beard. They thrashed the barber when he refused to do so. “You’re a Pakistani that’s why you don’t want to shave your beard,” Yunus quoted the men as saying. Also Read - Gurugram Containment Zones: Within 10 Days, Hotspots Rise From 108 to 125 in District | Check Full List Here

Haryana: FIR registered in Sector 29 Gurugram, after a youth Yunus filed complaint that a couple of unidentified men forcibly shaved off his beard following an altercation. Also Read - Fraud Alert: Woman Poses as US Official, Dupes Gurugram Man of Over Rs 1.24 Crore! — ANI (@ANI) August 2, 2018

The men then tied him down to a chair and made the barber shave off his beard. An FIR has been registered and an investigation is underway.

This incident has come a few days after a 28-year-old man was lynched by an agitated mob on the suspicion of him being a child-kidnapper in Alwa, Rajasthan. Following a probe, Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said that the evidence shows that Rakbar Khan, who was lynched by an agitated mob on the suspicion of being a cow smuggler, died in custody.

He said that further investigation is underway. “According to the evidence we have collected, it looks like a custodial death,” Gulab Chand Kataria said, ANI reported.