Muslim truck drivers abused and harassed over alleged cattle transport
In Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Haryana’s Ambala, Hindu extremist cow vigilantes harassed and abused two Muslim truck drivers after they joined police in seizing a truck transporting cattle.
Hindu militant mobs regularly attack Muslims over baseless accusations of committing crimes. These mobs, also known as cow vigilantes, assault and often lynch Muslims accused of transporting cattle or consuming beef.
Hindu extremists raise “Jai Sri Ram” slogans outside Christian pastor’s house
In Chattisgarh’s Raigarh, BJP leader Anshu Tuteja led a crowd in protest outside a Christian pastor’s house. The crowd chanted the Hindu supremacist warcry “Jai Sri Ram”, accusing him of holding prayer meetings and forcibly converting Hindus to Christianity. Following the protest, police took several individuals into custody.
In a similar incident in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharth Nagar, police officials raided a Christian prayer meeting and arrested two individuals, accusing them of forcibly converting Hindus to Christianity.
Three Muslim men acquitted over lack of evidence for terror-related charges
A court in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad has acquitted three Muslims in a case related to a bomb last at a railway station in 2006, noting a lack of evidence against them. The three exonerated men have been imprisoned for over 15 years with two of them arrested in 2006, and the other in 2009.
“There is no evidence from any witness that suggests the accused played any role in planning or executing the bomb blast. Similarly, the documentary evidence presented by the complainant does not seem to support their allegations,” the verdict stated.
Hundreds of individuals from the Muslim community have been acquitted in cases related to bomb blasts and terrorism across the country. In January last year, a court acquitted six Muslim men booked under terror charges, after nearly 20 years.
