NEW DELHI – Asif Khan, a Muslim gym trainer from Mewat in Haryana, wasbeaten to death after allegedly being forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ by agroup of Hindutva militants on Sunday night.

Khan’s family claimed that Asif was travelling with his friends fromKhalilpur, his home village, to Sohna to get medicines when he was attackedby a group of 30 people.

“A group of 15 stopped the car and started abusing the passengers. Theyshouted “maar mulle ko” — Kill Muslims— and lynched Khan”, his uncle HasanKhan said.

The incident led to tension in the area and locals blocked roads demandingthe arrest of the attackers. Later when the police tried to disperse theprotesting locals, they pelted stones at the policemen.

Asif Khan’s family said that the 25-year-old was lynched by the mob thatattacked him with sticks, rods and stones and lynched him. After killingAsif, the mob dumped his body in a village in Sohna.

When villagers found out about the body, they blocked the Gurgaon-Alwarroad and started protesting. When Mewat police reached the spot, theypelted stones at the policemen.