Shifting narratives, lack of evidence: The viral Varanasi iftar boat party

Shifting narratives, lack of evidence: The viral Varanasi iftar boat party

The Varanasi Iftar party on a boat has continued to reveal a series of shifting versions of accounts, according to a conversation with the complainant, Rajat Jaiswal, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM)’s city president. On March 16, Jaiswal lodged a complaint accusing the 14 Muslim youth of hurting religious sentiments by eating non-vegetarian food on the Ganga river and throwing the waste in the water. The police had promptly booked the 14…