Dehradun, Jan. 31 -- A day after a shopkeeper was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 17-year-old Kashmiri youth with an iron rod in Uttarakhand, his wife has come forward claiming the attack was triggered after the teenager and his friend made suggestive remarks and used "bad language."

"Two boys came to my shop and asked for some snacks. I could not understand their language, and they used bad words," Reena Yadav, wife of accused Sanjay Yadav, told local media.

She alleged that when she asked them to leave, they held her hand.

"We have so many Muslim customers coming to our shop, why would we ever assault someone because they are Muslim?" Reena asked. "Our business runs with their help, why would we ever do that?"

She asserted that ...