On 25 February, a photojournalist of The Times of India was heckled by the Hindu Sena members while taking pictures of a building which had been set on fire. The group tried to put a "tilak on his forehead" claiming that it will "make his job easier" as he could then be identified as a Hindu by the rioters. They questioned his intentions of taking pictures of the building on fire and further threatened him to remove his pants to show that he is not circumcised, as evidence of being a Hindu.[1] The reporter was later approached by another rioter who demanded him to prove his religion.[47]