The Madhya Pradesh Police on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) registered a case against various people, a day after videos showed a man being assaulted on allegations of ‘love jihad’ after being dragged out of a hotel in Bhopal, officials said.
According to the police, a case was lodged at the Govindpura police station, based on various complaints received from individuals and community leaders, against unidentified persons for beating up Arif Khan (27) a resident of city’s Jahangirabad area.
Bhopal Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime, Monika Shukla told The Hindu that the police have launched an investigation into the case and that the accused were yet to be identified.
On May 11, multiple videos went viral showing a group of Bajrang Dal activists barging into a private hotel’s room in Bhopal’s Gautam Nagar area, thrashing him and dragging him out. One video showed the mob, many of them donning saffron scarfs and chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, putting cow dung on his face and slapping him in front of the police even as personnel try to intervene, leading to arguments between the cops and Bajrang Dal workers.
The man was later handed over to the police.
