Two men believed to be the key persons behind the assault were not among those arrested.
Five persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly being part of a mob that barged into a cafe in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly on December 27 and assaulted a group of students who were taking part in a birthday celebration, The Indian Express reported.
The mob accused two Muslim men, who were part of the gathering, of “love jihad” and attacked them. Videos of the assault sparked outrage on social media on Sunday.
Love jihad is a Hindutva conspiracy theory that Muslim men trick Hindu women into romantic relationships with the aim of converting them to Islam. The Union home ministry has told Parliament that Indian law has no provision defining such a term.
