Hate Crime
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Maharashtra: Bulldozers raze houses on Mira Road after communal clashes
After 13 people were arrested for clashes between two religious communities at Mira Road near Mumbai, the district administration targeted multiple buildings and shanties, citing ‘illegal encroachments’. Bulldozers were pressed into action…
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Hindutva activists put up saffron flags atop ‘church’ in MP
A church in Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua district was targeted by a group of Hindutva activists who climbed atop and put up saffron flags. The video of the incident has gone viral on…
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Karnataka: Interfaith couple attacked in hotel room in Haveri, 2 held
In an incident of moral policing, a group of six men reportedly forced their way into a hotel room in Hanagal taluk of Haveri district, Karnataka, assaulting an interfaith couple who were…
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Jharkhand: Burnt pages of Quran found near mosque; Hindus, Muslims condemn
An alleged attempt to create communal fire was reported after burnt pages of the Holy Quran were found near Fatehpur Bazar Mosque in Jamtara district in Jharkhand. Locals found the pages lying…
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Haryana Hindutva leader incites minors over ‘love jihad’, conversions
In yet another incident of hate speech against minorities, a video that emerged on social media on Wednesday, January 10, purportedly shows a group of Hindutva activists inciting fear and hate in…
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MP: Minor girls carry swords in Hindu Jagran Manch rally
An all-women’s rally was organised by Hindu Jagran Manch, a Hindutva group affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), in Sarangpur in Madhya Pradesh on January 7. https://twitter.com/HateDetectors/status/1744599629554126900 The participants ranged from…
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Man arrested for reciting azan at ‘250-year-old mosque’ in UP
A young Muslim man was arrested on charges of ‘promoting enmity’ after he gave Azan (call for prayers) in front of a 250-year-old dilapidated mosque in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh. https://twitter.com/HateDetectors/status/1743886102308794867?s=20…
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Maharashtra: Raja Singh calls for violence for establishing Hindu Rashtra
Hyderabad: Goshmahal MLA and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader T Raja Singh delivered a hate speech openly calling for violence against the minority communities in Maharashtra’s Solapur district recently. On January 6,…
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UP: Posing as Muslims, 2 held for threatening to bomb Ram temple
Two people were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police for sending bomb threats to chief minister Yogi Adityanath and the authorities at the Ayodhya Ram Mandir. The accused, Tahar Singh and Om…
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Gujarat: Cow vigilantes attack man for transporting cattle
A young man in Gujarat’s Bharuch district was brutally assaulted by far-right cow vigilantes with sharp objects, leaving him fighting for his life. Aslam was attacked by a mob on January 2…
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Upper-caste security guard kills lawyer over casteist slurs in UP
Varanasi: A 36-year-old advocate was shot dead allegedly by a security guard for using casteist slurs during the New Year celebrations here, police said on Monday. The incident took place late on…
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‘Permanent Husbands’ remark: FIR lodged against RSS Karnataka leader
Following his statement on Muslim women, a case has been filed against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat at the Srirangapatna police station. Bhat, in his speech at a ‘Sankeerthana Yatra’ held in…
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Modi govt gave Muslim women ‘permanent husbands’: RSS leader
RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rule and credited him for ‘providing permanent husbands to Muslim women’. This blatant statement was made during the recent ‘Sankeerthana Yatra’ in…
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Religious slogans written on wall of Aligarh mosque, SP leaders seek action
Aligarh: A wall of a mosque was vandalised in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh, with religious slogans written on it. The incident was caught on camera and went viral on social media. The incident…
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Hindu temple vandalised with anti-India graffiti in California in apparent hate crime
New York: A prominent Hindu temple was vandalised with anti-India graffiti in the US state of California and the police are investigating the matter as a possible hate crime. The City of Newark…
