In a rare act of valour, a Sikh police officer shielded a Muslim man from being violently attacked by an angry mob in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. A video of the incident, which took place on May 22, in Ramnagar has gone viral. The mob comprising of extremists Hindus,wanted to attack the boy, who was allegedly found meeting a Hindu girl inside a temple in Garjiya village. The cop identified as Sub-Inspector Gagandeep Singh, can be seen shielding the boy in the video, as the mob attempts to beat him. According to the local media, the boy's affair with a Hindu girl did not go down well with the crowd, who tried to lynch him. The crowd can be heard asking for boy's identification in the video. The charged crowd can be heard chanting anti-police slogans and demanding his custody as sub-inspector Gagandeep Singh tied to protect him from being lynched. The mob had also shut the temple gates in a bid to foil the Muslim boy's escape attempts.
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