Kashmir: Truck drivers forced to chant 'Bharat maa ki jai' by Punjab Shiv Sena

Chandigarh: Kashmiri Muslim truck drivers, on Tuesday, were allegedly stopped on their way to Jammu and Kashmir and were forced to chant ‘Bharat mata ki jai’ and ‘Pakistan Murdabad’ by members of the Punjab unit of Shiv Sena.

According to a report in The Indian Express, the sate Shiv Sena chief Rajiv Tandon said, “What they (Kashmiri Muslims) did to Hindu pilgrims on Amarnath Yatra has been done to them. We only asked Muslim drivers to say ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and ‘Pakistan murdabad’.

The truck drivers were later forced to burn Pakistan flags and posters. Unconfirmed reports also said that some men were roughed up for not chanting the slogans.

An FIR was registered against Tandon under relevant sections of IPC.