Hindutva Watch

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Hindutva Watch is a media & research initiative to monitor reports of attacks on members of India’s religious minorities. www.hindutvawatch.org

Location: Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra Date: August 1 Cow vigilantes dangerously chased an SUV transporting cattle until it crashed, injuring the driver. After intercepting the vehicle, they handed the injured cattle transporter over to the police.

Location: Malegaon, Maharashtra Date: August 1 Pranian Foundation cow vigilantes chased down a car transporting cattle, intercepted the vehicle, seized the cattle and the car, detained three Muslim men, and handed them over to the police.

Location: Igatpuri, Nashik, Maharashtra Date: August 2 Pranian Foundation cow vigilantes chased a cattle truck, causing it to crash. After stopping the vehicle, the vigilantes assaulted and verbally abused the injured occupants before handing them over to the police.

Location: Pathardi, Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra Date: August 2 Bajrang Dal workers surrounded a Muslim man while he was with his Hindu partner, accused him of "love jihad," and physically assaulted and verbally abused him in public.

Location: Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh Date: August 1 Pranian Foundation cow vigilantes chased a cattle truck, assaulted the driver, forced him to dance, vandalised the vehicle, and paraded him in public while police officers looked on and assisted the vigilantes before taking driver into custody.

Location: Udupi, Karnataka Date: July 28 BJP MLA Yashpal Suvarna, speaking at a BJP rally, warned that the Gandhi family would be destroyed in the same manner as the Babri Masjid in 1992, while glorifying its demolition.

Location: Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka Date: July 23 BJP Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) C.T. Ravi, during a public meeting, targeted Muslims participating in the student protest against the NEET paper leak in Delhi, questioning, "What's the connection between 'Mullah' and the NEET exams?"

Location: Agra, Uttar Pradesh Date: August 3 Members of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha attempted to enter the Taj Mahal to offer Hindu ritual prayers with Kanwar water, claiming that the monument is a Hindu Shiva temple called "Tejo Mahalaya."

Location: Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Date: August 3 Hindu Raksha Dal members assaulted three women for reportedly taking a stray cow, accusing them of taking the cow for slaughter and of being cattle smugglers. The women were later handed over to the police.

Location: Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Date: August 1 During a Kanwar Yatra organised by Hindu Raksha Dal, songs with violent lyrics were played, including the line: “Jo Gau Mata Ne Kaate Se Hum Unne Kaate Ge” (“We will cut/kill those who cut/kill Mother Cow”)

Location: Madhya Pradesh Date: July 28 Following a high-speed chase, cow vigilantes intercepted a pickup truck transporting cattle, seized the vehicle and the animals, detained the driver while threatening him with violence, and later handed him over to the police.

Location: Sindi, Wardha, Maharashtra Date: July 21 Bajrang Dal worker Kunal Bhoyar targeted members of Muslim Banjara community who had stopped to rest while passing through Sindi. Referring to them as "insects," he accused them of encroaching on land, threatened to beat them, and drove them away.

Location: Meerut, Uttar Pradesh Date: July 27 Hindu nationalist supporters assaulted a Muslim man after accusing him of “love jihad,” after a woman alleged that he had initially concealed his identity and tried to blackmail, forcibly convert and marry her.

Location: Surat, Gujarat Date: July 26 Cow vigilantes chased a truck transporting bulls at high speed. After intercepting the vehicle, they forced the drivers to kneel on the ground, seized the truck and the cattle, and handed the men over to the police.

Location: Pandhurna, Madhya Pradesh Date: July 26 Cow vigilantes chased a cattle truck for nearly 60 km before using spikes to stop it. After intercepting the vehicle, they assaulted the driver, beat him with a slipper, vandalised the truck, and seized the cattle.

Location: Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh Date: July 26 Hindu nationalist supporters went to a Christian family's home, accused them of engaging in religious conversion, assaulted the men, and threatened to demolish their house.

Location: Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Date: July 21 Hindu Mahasabha leader Chhaya Gautam and her associates raided the hotel room of an interfaith couple, assaulted the Muslim man, and accused him of engaging in "love jihad.”

Location: Rishikesh, Dehradun, Uttarakhand Date: July 24 Hindu Suraksha Seva Sangh members raided a residence where a few individuals were offering Friday namaz, harassed them by accusing them of offering namaz "illegally," and demanded to see their identity documents.

Location: Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Date: July 23 Hindu Raksha Dal members issued violent threats against protesters at Jantar Mantar, stating that they would attack them at the protest site on July 26 (Sunday).

Location: Dahiwal, Nashik, Maharashtra Date: July 19 Pranian Foundation cow vigilantes chased a private car transporting meat, used spikes to deflate its tyres, and intercepted the vehicle. They assaulted the Muslim driver, stopping only after he pleaded for mercy.

Location: Ganpati Dham, Haridwar, Uttarakhand Date: July 18 Hindu nationalist supporters entered the home of a Hindu woman, assaulted the Muslim man present, and tied him to a pole with a dog leash, accusing him of indulging in “love jihad.”

Location: Bharatpur, Rajasthan Date: July 18 Cow vigilante Pawan Kumar and his associates went to a Muslim household and assaulted the men, terming them ‘jihadi’, and accusing them of verbally abusing Hindu women in the village.

Location: Khoda Colony, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Date: July 19 Hindu Raksha Dal members, including Krishna Thakur and Sonu Sharma, assaulted a Muslim man at a residence, accusing him of engaging in “love jihad” for being with a Hindu woman.

Location: Parner, Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra Date: July 15 A man transporting meat was stopped and harassed by cow vigilantes, who accused him of transporting beef. The vigilantes publicly humiliated the man before handing him over to the police.