Muslim laborer attacked, humiliated, fed cow dung by Hindu locals in Madhya Pradesh

In Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar, a 20-year-old Muslim laborer was assaulted and humiliated after spitting tobacco near a temple. Hindu extremists forced him to clean the spit with his tongue, force-fed him cow dung, and beat him before turning him over to the police. 

He was arrested and is now in jail, despite his family’s pleas to release him on the grounds that he is mentally disabled.

Hindu extremists assault  Muslim tenants in Gujarat, demand them to vacate

A Hindu extremist mob assaulted several Muslim tenants in BJP-ruled Gujarat’s Ahmedabad and demanded that they vacate the locality. They targeted Muslims by going door to door demanding to see residents’ ID cards, and urging landlords to evict Muslim tenants. 

The mob also spread false conspiracies of “love jihad” and claims of Muslims urinating on food, and asked landlords not to rent houses or shops to Muslims.

Hindu extremists trespass property, harass owner for allegedly selling beef fat 

In Goa’s Mapusa, Hindu extremists trespassed onto a residential property late at night, harassing the homeowner for allegedly selling beef fat and storing meat in his house.

In Maharashtra’s Ramtek, Hindu militants from the Bajrang Dal assaulted a young man for allegedly transporting cattle. In similar incidents in Punjab and Maharashtra, Hindu militants chased down trucks carrying cattle and physically harassed the drivers, accusing them of smuggling cows for slaughtering.