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New Delhi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that he was “pained” by the killing last week of a Muslim man who was tortured and forced to chant Hindu slogans, the latest example of rising communal violence in the secular country.
Modi has faced criticism for not speaking strongly enough against Hindu vigilantes targeting Muslims and other minorities, but called on Wednesday for strong action against those guilty of the brutal attack.
“The lynching in Jharkhand has pained me. Everyone... is grieved at the loss of life of the youth, and the guilty should be given harsh punishment,” he said in the upper house of parliament.
Police in Jharkhand have so far arrested 11 men in connection with the attack -- including the main accused, who was seen thrashing Tabrez Ansari in a video that went viral on social media.
Ansari, 24, had been accused by villagers of burglary. He was tied to a pole and beaten for up to 12 hours before police first detained him. They took him to hospital, where he died Saturday.
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