evidence: He says he was too scared to report the assault to the police - he only did so after the video went viral. [...] But Mr Thakur admitted his role in the assault to the BBC - he said he wouldn't have been arrested if the video hadn't gone viral. [...] Inter-faith relationships have long been fraught in India, but in recent years, Hindu-Muslim couples have faced also the wrath of vigilantes who accuse Muslim men of luring Hindu woman to convert their faith.