Updated On: 02 September, 2024 06:51 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
A viral video depicting a group of train passengers assaulting a 72-year-old on the suspicion that he was carrying beef prompted the Thane Government Railway Police to register an FIR

Ashraf Ali Sayed Hussain, complainant
A viral video depicting a group of train passengers assaulting a 72-year-old on the suspicion that he was carrying beef prompted the Thane Government Railway Police to register an FIR.
This happened on the Dhule-CST express train when the victim, a resident of Chiliagon, was on his way to Kalyan to meet his daughter. While the police claim the fight started over a seat, the viral video purportedly shows the group asking the target what was in the plastic jars he was carrying. In the clip, when he tells them it is buffalo meat (buff, which is legal) the assailants insist it is beef (cow meat).