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Hindutva Watch is a media & research initiative to track and document hate crimes and hate speeches targeting India’s religious minorities.

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Location: Sivasagar, Assam.Date: August 2. During a protest against Bengali-origin Muslims, Situ Baruah, leader of the Jatiya Sangrami Sena, delivered a dangerous speech, issuing direct threats of violence and declaring that no “Miya” would be allowed to live or work in Upper
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Location: Kaimur, Bihar.Date: August 3. Bhagwati Shukla, national president of Rashtriya Sanatan Sena, speaking at a religious conference organised by the group, promoted the anti-Muslim conspiracy theory of “love jihad” and falsely claimed that over 3 lakh Hindu girls are killed
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Location: Chandan Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra.Date: July 26. Members of Hindu nationalist organisations raided homes rented by Muslims from outside the state, suspecting them of being illegal Bangladeshi or Rohingya immigrants, and demanded to see their identification documents.
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Location: Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh.Date: August 3. VHP-Bajrang Dal members checked Aadhaar cards of vendors and removed Muslim vendors selling puja items near the Panchmukhi Shiv Mandir during a mela.
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Location: Rajwa, Samastipur, Bihar.Date: August 2. VHP-Bajrang Dal organised a procession in which participants brandished swords and paraded a bulldozer bearing a poster reading “Bulldozer Baba” – a reference to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his demolition
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Location: Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh.Date: August 3. During a VHP organisational meeting, a speaker used the anti-Muslim slur “Madrasachap” to refer to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India’s first education minister.
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Location: Soron, Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh.Date: August 3. VHP-Bajrang Dal members brutally assaulted a Muslim man, alleging he was selling beef along the Kanwar Yatra route. Police have sent the meat for forensic analysis and filed an FIR against the assailants including Bajrang
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Location: Jawra, Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh.Date: August 1. Members of Hindu nationalist organisations assaulted a Muslim youth, accusing him of “love jihad” after a female friend visited his home to collect study notes. Police later arrested the victim and sent him to jail. News
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Location: Dehradun, Uttrakhand.Date: August 3. Hindu Raksha Dal members vandalised carts belonging to Muslim street vendors, warning that “Mulla-Maulvi won’t be allowed.” They accused the vendors of trying to evict a Hindu street vendor and placing meat on her stall, and falsely
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Location: Golaghat, Assam.Date: August 1. Members of Jatiyo Sangrami Sena prepared a list of 13 Bengali-origin Muslim families in the village and went door-to-door, threatening them to leave their homes, declaring that no “Miya” would be allowed to live in the area.
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Location: Raipur, Chhattisgarh.Date: July 27. At the Hindu Rashtra Adhiveshan organised by the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, leader Sunil Ghanwat accused Christians of carrying out forced conversions through manipulation and called for strict laws against it, similar to those in
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Location: Durgapur, Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal.Date: July 31. BJP members assaulted and humiliated Muslim cattle traders, tying their hands and necks with ropes and falsely accusing them of cattle smuggling. Despite the traders possessing valid documents, the members seized
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Location: Aonla, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.Date: July 31. AHP-Rashtriya Bajrang Dal staged a protest demanding a population control law, alleging that the country’s population growth is driven by the infiltration of Bangladeshi Muslims. They called for the eviction of those they
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Location: Bajali, Assam.Date: July 18. Bengali-origin Muslim residents evicted during the Bilasipara eviction drive in Dhubri broke down in tears, praying for relief. Joined by local residents, they pleaded for an end to their suffering, as the forced displacement left families
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Location: Goalpara, Assam.Date: July 19. Residents whose homes were demolished during the eviction drive targeting over 1,000 Bengali-origin Muslim families have been forced to survive in flimsy tarpaulin tents and endure inhumane conditions without shelter or rehabilitation.
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Location: Basti, Uttar Pradesh.Date: July 31. Members of Vishwa Hindu Mahasangh harassed an interfaith couple at the Chief Medical Officer's office and assaulted the Muslim man. Although the woman confirmed they were married, the members accused him of being paid to marry a Hindu
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Location: Rishikesh, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.Date: July 31. Hindu nationalist Radheshyam Maharaj, speaking at a public meeting organised by the Hindu Rashtra Sena, invoked Hindu mythology and called for the country to be “saved from jihadis” and turned into a Hindu Rashtra.
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Location: Ghatampur, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.Date: July 27. Madhuram Sharan Shiva, leader of the armed monks group Shiv Shakti Akhada, criticised Hindus for buying from Muslims and renting houses to them. He labelled Hindus with only one child and those sending their children
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Location: Raipur, Chhattisgarh.Date: July 27. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, speaking at the Hindu Rashtra Adhiveshan organised by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, announced plans to introduce a law against alleged religious conversions and praised the organisers for conducting “ghar
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