Graves demolished and idols installed inside 600-year-old shrine

A mob of Hindu extremists demolished graves and installed idols inside a 600-year-old shrine in far-right Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Gujarat’s Ahmedabad. The attack heightened communal tensions in the area, leading to stone pelting and the arrest of 30 people. 

In the wake of the Babri Masjid demolition, Hindu extremist organisations have launched a campaign to “reclaim” places of worship held by the Muslim community and convert them into temples. 

Minor Muslim girl raped by a Hindu man in Bihar

In Muzaffarpur, Bihar, a 6-year-old Muslim girl was raped by a 30-year-old Hindu man, Lalu Paswan.

According to the victim’s mother, Paswan lured her daughter to the field by pretending to offer her watermelon, raped the girl and left her bleeding profusely from her private parts.

PM Modi, BJP ministers continue anti-Muslim election campaign, target Pakistan

Federal minister Amit Shah, BJP minister and Hindu militant monk Yogi Adityanath along with other BJP leaders repeated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Islamophobic claim that the opposition party has declared “vote jihad” against him by calling on Muslims to unite and vote against the BJP.

They also went on to target neighboring Muslim-majority country Pakistan. 

“It will only take us 15 seconds to wipe you out, not 15 minutes; a vote for MIM or Congress (opposition parties) is a vote for Pakistan,” BJP candidate Navneet Rana threatened. 

“If you chant for Pakistan, then live there, don’t be a burden on India; Opposition supports terrorists, supports cow slaughter; opposes Ram temple,” Adityanath claimed.