Journalist Assaulted, Forced To Drop Pants

Brut India

A hate-filled mob forced this freelance journalist to drop his pants to prove he was Hindu.

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00:00They told me to take off my pants.

00:02I took off my pants and they saw me.

00:05Then I closed my pants and they identified me as a Hindu.

00:30We were moving forward slowly, the light was on.

00:40We must have gone 100 meters inside.

00:43Some people stopped us there.

00:45They said, why are you making a video?

00:49We told them that we are from the media.

00:51They said, why are you making a video?

00:54I said, I am a journalist and this is my profession.

00:58We are not doing anything wrong.

01:00You are mistaken.

01:02They said, it's nothing.

01:04Then they asked us to stop the car.

01:06Then a motorcycle came.

01:08There were 2-3 boys in it.

01:10There were 5-6 people there.

01:12They asked us to show our I-cards.

01:14I was opening my bag.

01:16You can see my blood on it.

01:18I was opening my bag to take out my I-card.

01:23Then they started hitting us.

01:25I was shocked to see that there were 25-30 boys there.

01:33They were between 20-40 years of age.

01:36They had weapons in their hands.

01:38They had sharp weapons.

01:40They had sticks, iron pipes, sticks, sticks.

01:45There were 5-6 guns in that 20-25 crowd.

01:49One of the boys, who was continuously hitting me,

01:54he took out a revolver in front of me.

01:58I remember very well,

02:00there were 6 empty boxes.

02:03He fired a bullet in one of the boxes

02:07and shot me in the stomach.

02:10He shot me in the stomach

02:12and asked me why I had come to his area.

02:19I told him that you are mistaken.

02:22I am a Hindu.

02:24You can let me go.

02:26He asked me why I had come to his area.

02:29I told him that I am a journalist

02:31and I came here for reporting.

02:33I didn't know that this was a Hindu street.

02:35He asked me why I didn't go to the Muslim streets

02:39and why I didn't make a video of them.

02:42Why do you come to our streets

02:44to defame us?

02:46He removed my gun points

02:49and asked me to say Hanuman Chalisa.

02:51I said Hanuman Chalisa.

02:53I remember that I said Hanuman Chalisa.

02:56Then another boy came and asked me to say it again.

02:59I said it again.

03:01Then they asked me to take off my pants.

03:04I took off my pants.

03:06They saw it.

03:07Then I closed my pants.

03:09Then another boy came and asked me to take off my pants again.

03:11He took off my pants again.

03:13He identified that we are Hindus.

03:16He identified that we are Hindus

03:18by seeing our pants.

03:20Because we were not in danger.

03:22He wanted to know

03:24that we were from outside

03:26so why did we enter his area

03:28and why were we making a video

03:30of his area.

03:32The police told me to go away.

03:34The police didn't think it was necessary

03:36that they should take me for first aid.

03:38My I.E. card

03:40became my pants.

03:42And my life

03:44is only because of that

03:46that I am safe in this country.

03:48On 25th,

03:50it was my marriage anniversary.

03:52My wife called at night.

03:54I told her

03:56that I was busy

03:58in that area

04:00so I couldn't call.

04:02She was upset with me.

04:04I said sorry.

04:06I told her that I have to go

04:08to Dangagrasht area tomorrow morning

04:11to cover that area.

04:13She said okay.

04:15Take care.

04:17After the incident,

04:19my mother was crying.

04:21She is a diabetic patient.

04:23She has BP.

04:25Her father is a heart patient.

04:27Both of them

04:29were crying.

04:31BP was increasing.

04:33I have a 5 year old child.

04:35His birthday is on 11th March.

04:37He called

04:39and asked

04:41how I was feeling.

04:43Who were those people?

04:45Why did you go there?

04:47Why didn't you come now?

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