Hindu mob assaults Muslim teenager amid Hindu procession in Madhya Pradesh
In Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, a Muslim teenager named Sameer, was assaulted by a mob of violent Hindu extremists participating in a Hindu religious procession. The mob physically assaulted Sameer after asking his name and confirming that he was Muslim. Sameer suffered injuries to his left elbow, the upper part of his left leg, and his head.
Muslim teenager attacked with knife by Hindu mob in Hyderabad
In Hyderabad, Telangana, a mob of Hindu extremists attacked a Muslim teenager with a knife during a Hindu religious procession in the city. Eyewitnesses say that the police present during the incident took no action.
Influential Hindu supremacist threatens takeover of 400,000 mosques
Hatemonger and Editor-in-Chief of a rightwing television news network, Suresh Chavhanke, delivered a hate speech in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, threatening a takeover of Muslim places of worship and converting 400,000 mosques into temples.
Last year, Chavhanke took an oath along with other Hindu supremacists, vowing to “fight, die for and if need be, kill” to turn India from a secular democracy into a Hindu nation.
Far-right Hindu leaders deliver hate speech, call for social boycott of Muslims
In Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, far-right Hindu leader Pinky Chaudhry called for a social boycott of Muslims and advocated creating unrest against Muslims buying property in Hindu-majority areas. In Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh far-right Hindu leader Manoj Kumar delivered hate speech against Muslims and advocated for violence.
Hindu extremists target Christian-run school over bogus allegations
Far-right Hindu extremists stormed a Christian school in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and accused it of disrespecting a Hindu diety, demanding a police probe against its nun-principal. The state has witnessed a series of similar incidents against Christian-run schools and churches in the recent past over bogus allegations of coerced religious conversion.
