A video of Hindu woman being thrashed by police officers last weekover marrying a Muslim man has gone viral on social media, drawing backlash of online users. In the footage, apparently film in Uttar Pradesh, shows the unnamed woman in a police van being attacked and abused by four policemen who seem to have rescued her from a mob attack over the same "crime". The video was shot when the police were taking the couple to police station in separate vehicles. "You prefer Muslims when there are so many Hindus around" a policeman was heard tauting the woman in the running car. At this point, a woman constable among the personnel started beating the lady and removed the scarf she was using to coverr her face with beating continued. The woman and the man, both medical students in their twenties, were targeted by a group of men, allegedly from right-wing Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). The man was barged into man's home. The attackers accused the pair of "Love jihad" a term used by right wing groups to describe a relationship a Hindy woman a Muslim man.
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