A week after a 57-year-old Muslim taxi driver from Agra was allegedly harassed and assaulted for refusing to chant Jai Sri Ram, the main accused, Rohit Thakur, has been arrested.

In a video that went viral two days after it had been uploaded, Thakur could be heard asking an Raheesh Khan to chant Jai Sri Ram. When the cabbie expressed reluctance and tried to drive away, asking Thakur to ‘mind his business’, Thakur said, “In two or three days, you will have to say Jai Sri Ram”. Thakur uploaded the video on his Facebook page with the caption, “These are the real terrorists”.

According to Khan’ testimony to Dainik Bhaskar , Thakur, who was accompanied by another individual, went on to assault him. “…When I refused (to say Jai Sri Ram), they pulled my beard and slapped me,” he said.

Khan,

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