Uttar Pradesh, Aug. 23 -- A Muslim young man was allegedly assaulted by an inebriated group while travelling in a train from Meerut to Deoband.

Muntazir, a madrasa student, was heading towards Darul Uloom Deoband, a famous school for Islamic studies in Uttar Pradesh.

Narrating the incident, he said that he boarded the train from Meerut and was sitting unbothered in his seat. "Some men were consuming alcohol and offered me some. I ignored them and changed my seat," the young man said.

Muntazir said the men kept offering him drinks. Vexed, he shifted to the adjacent coach. "After a few stations, they came looking for me and started abusing me. I tried to leave the seat again, and they started hitting me," he said.

He was forced to get d...