Bhopal: Amid growing concerns over the deteriorating condition of Muslims in India under the Hindutva-driven BJP regime, another shocking incident of anti-Muslim violence has emerged from Madhya Pradesh, where a Muslim youth was brutally assaulted, humiliated, and publicly paraded by a Hindutva mob affiliated with the extremist Bajrang Dal over allegations of so-called “love jihad.”
According to Global Mirror, a video of the brutal assault has gone viral on social media, sparking outrage and renewed concerns over rising mob vigilantism and impunity enjoyed by Hindutva groups across India.
The victim, identified as Arif Khan, was attacked after members of the Hindutva group stormed a hotel in Bhopal where he was meeting a woman. The assailants, shouting slogans in support of the Bajrang Dal, interrogated the woman before turning violently on Khan. The attackers slapped and punched Khan inside the hotel before dragging him outside, paraded him on the road while brutally assaulting him after stripping him half-naked. The attackers, in an act of extreme humiliation, smeared his face with cow dung and ink and asked him to chant “Jai Shri Ram.”
According to Global Mirror, a video of the brutal assault has gone viral on social media, sparking outrage and renewed concerns over rising mob vigilantism and impunity enjoyed by Hindutva groups across India.
The victim, identified as Arif Khan, was attacked after members of the Hindutva group stormed a hotel in Bhopal where he was meeting a woman. The assailants, shouting slogans in support of the Bajrang Dal, interrogated the woman before turning violently on Khan. The attackers slapped and punched Khan inside the hotel before dragging him outside, paraded him on the road while brutally assaulting him after stripping him half-naked. The attackers, in an act of extreme humiliation, smeared his face with cow dung and ink and asked him to chant “Jai Shri Ram.”