Hyderabad, July 9 -- A Muslim woman was harassed and forced to remove her niqab by a group of men after she was spotted with a Hindu man in Bihar's Nawada district. Her friend was also forced to apply sindoor on her forehead. A video of the incident, which showed the two being harassed while travelling on a motorcycle, went viral on social media on Wednesday, July 8, forcing the police to take action.

In a press note dated July 8, police said the incident was also being falsely given a communal colour on social media, with claims that the man and woman belonged to different communities. Police said they investigated the viral video and related facts, tracing the motorcycle seen in the video through its registration to Parvati Devi, wife ...