Kathmandu, Feb. 22 -- Sabir Khan was riding his motorbike in Parsa on Tuesday when he was stopped by several men and boys wielding sticks and saffron flags.

The encounter was captured on video. The men are heard forcing Khan to venerate the Hindu god Ram, to which he replies that he has an urgent errand up the road.

"I don't care how important your errand is, you don't get to leave without saying Jai Shri Ram," one of the men says. Another man smacks Khan on the head.

The audio cuts off at this point, but Khan must have eventually agreed to the threats, because he is allowed to ride away and the men begin to chant "Jai Shri Ram" around a burning tyre on the road.

Such video clips have become commonplace across the border in India,...