Hate Crime

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…
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…

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…
‘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…
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…
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…
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…

Karnataka: Engineer among 2 held for assault on visually impaired man

A software engineer and his friend were arrested in connection with the assault of an elderly visually impaired man Muslim man in Koppal, Karnataka, on November 25. The two accused – Sagar…
‘This is not Karachi’: Rajasthan MLA orders closure of non-veg stalls

Shortly after BJP emerged victorious in Rajasthan, one of its MLAs ordered the closing of all meat stalls run by minority community in his constituency. A video recently surfaced on the internet…
65-year-old man’s beard burnt, forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in Karnataka

A 65-year-old Muslim man was tortured and forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ by two unidentified bikers in Gangavati town of Karnataka’s Koppal district. An FIR was lodged following the victim’s complaint…
TN: Niqab-clad student ‘harassed’ for months in Coimbatore school

A 13-year-old student was allegedly slapped by her school teacher for wearing a niqab at the Girls’ Government HSS in Coimbatore. The incident occurred on November 10. According to a report by…
Bittu Bajrangi continues to spews hate, calls for boycott of Muslims

Cow vigilante and right-wing activist Raj Kumar popularly known as Bittu Bajrangi on Saturday, November 4, delivered a yet another hate speech against the minority community, urging locals to boycott Muslim shopkeepers.…
Policeman shot dead in J&K’s Baramulla

Srinagar: Terrorists shot dead a police head constable in J&K’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. The deceased head constable has been identified as Ghulam Mohammad Dar. He was shot outside his residence in…
Video of UP teacher asking kids to slap Muslim classmate sparks outrage

In another incident of Islamophobia, the video of a teacher allegedly encouraging Hindu students to slap a Muslim classmate went viral on social media on Friday, August 25, prompting the Uttar Pradesh…
UP: Couple beaten to death after son elopes with girl from another community

Sitapur: In a shocking incident, a Muslim couple was beaten to death with iron rods and sticks by their neighbours in Sitapur district. Three people have been arrested in the case, and…