Ghaziabad, June 9 -- Hindutva leader Daksh Chaudhary, who calls himself a "gau rakshak," brutally assaulted a Muslim man before blackening his face and making him publicly apologise for allegedly making derogatory comments about Hindu women.

Hindu Raksha Dal, with which Chaudhary is affiliated, posted a video on June 8, claiming the assault was a form of "treatment for a jihadi." The extremist group claimed the man threatened to kill the Hindus and used derogatory language against Hindu women.

"Kutaai ke saath muh kaala karva diya (He got a thrashing and had his face blackened)," the group wrote on X, sharing graphic footage of the brutal beating.

Chaudhary, alias Akku Pandit, has nearly 3.2 million followers and regularly shares video...