Muslim minor stripped, assaulted by Hindu extremists in Uttar Pradesh
In a horrific crime against a minor, a Hindu extremist mob stripped a 15-year-old Muslim boy, Abdul Fahad, and then proceeded to film him as they brutally beat him with belts and forced him to lick their feet. After the brutal assault, the Hindu extremists forced Abdul Fahad into a cold water pond to further torture and humiliate him. After the assault, the Hindu extremists warned that they would kill Abdul Fahad if he disclosed what had happened.
The incident, which occurred on December 4, came to light only after a video of the incident recently went viral.
Police open fire at “cattle smuggler” in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh
Police in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -ruled Uttar Pradesh state opened fire at a man accused of “cattle smuggling,” resulting in a bullet injury in his leg. The incident is the latest in an ongoing trend of violent attacks against predominantly Muslim cattle traders by both Hindu extremist groups and law enforcement.
Last month, a man in Ghazipur sustained a bullet injury from the police over the same allegation. Earlier, a 23-year-old Muslim man, Sajid Qureshi, was killed by police in Rampur, who claimed that Qureshi and his companion were planning to slaughter a cow.
Violent cow vigilantes brutally attack Muslim men in Maharashtra, Haryana
In Malegaon, Maharashtra, violent Hindu cow vigilantes brutally assaulted a Muslim driver over allegations of transporting beef. In BJP-ruled Haryana, members of the extremist group Gau Raksha Dal assaulted two Muslim drivers and forced them to chant the Hindu warcry “Jai Shri Ram” over allegations of transporting cattle.
Dalit girl thrown into hot oil for protesting molestation
In Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, an 18-year-old Dalit girl was pushed into a cauldron of hot oil by the owner of an oil mill and two of his associates after she resisted their attempts to sexually harass and molest her.
When she protested, they pushed her into the hot cauldron while calling her by casteist slurs. The victim was rushed to the hospital with severe burns. All three perpetrators have been arrested.
