Hate Speech Maharashtra
250301-Pimpri,1st March2025
A Class 10 girl said that she was first requested to take off her burqa in order to be permitted to take an exam.Later, she was permitted to wear a face cover for the SSC exam when the police intervened." https://www.thequint.com/quintlab/uncovering-hate-crime-tracker-communal-violence-india/
250317-Nagpur, 17th March 2025
Members of the Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) set fire to a green chadar during an anti-Aurangzeb demonstration. . Nagpur police have detained more than 120 persons, and the cyber unit has begun a large social media crackdown. One citizen has been killed, while at least 35 police officers are recuperating from their wounds.
https://www.thequint.com/quintlab/uncovering-hate-crime-tracker-communal-violence-india/
250426-SantaCruz-Mumbai
Muslim women alleged that they were assaulted by right-wing men, an Hijabi girl claimed that she was forced to chant Jai Sri Ram.",,,https://www.thequint.com/quintlab/uncovering-hate-crime-tracker-communal-violence-india/
250426-Yeola
At a protest organised by Sakal Hindu Samaj, far-right spiritual leader and storyteller Sangram Bapu Bhandare delivered an anti-Muslim hate speech. He used slurs like “lande,” demanded an economic boycott of Muslims, and called for violence, saying, “We need to finish these Pakistani landas living in India.” He warned that Muslims in Yeola attack police and must not be spared. Sanjay “Kaka” Sharma, a notorious cow vigilante, incited violence, chanting, “Desh ke gaddaron ko goli maro saalon.” He targeted Muslims and declared, “Those without fire for Bharat Mata can never be loyal to her.” He repeatedly used anti-Muslim slurs like “landa.”",,, https://www.hindutvawatch.org/dangerous-speeches-delivered-at-sakal-hindu-samaj-protest-in-yeola/
250427-Dadar, 29th April 2025
Nine BJP workers were booked for allegedly abusing and assaulting Muslim hawkers in Dadar market area on 27 April. The accused had reportedly asked them their names and then assaulted them. https://www.thequint.com/quintlab/uncovering-hate-crime-tracker-communal-violence-india/
- 250428-SantaCruz,mumbai protest against the Pahalgam attack turned violent
- 250429-Pune incendiary anti Muslim speeches calling them Pakistanis
- 250430-Mumbai AR Bharti criticising Hindu girls who observe the Karwachauth vrat for Muslim men
- 250502-Paud-Pune Boycott Calls Drive Muslim Families Out of Two Pune Villages
- 250508-Nagpur A school denied admission to a muslim girl
- 250617 Kupwada, Sangli - BJP MLA announced monetary rewards for attacking a Christian priest
- 250619-Solapur Man thrashed and accused him of love-jihad
- 250703-Mumbai Rane challenged those assailants to “show their strength” in Muslim-majority areas
- 250716- Thane Pastor Alangram was attacked while returning from a prayer meeting in Bhayander
- 250726-Pune Shamshad Shei told ID could be fake, as they were Bangladeshi
- 250810-Vasai/Palghar
Subcategories
250811-Jalgaon-lynching of Pathan after being seen with Hindu woman at cafe
A 21-year-old Muslim man was on Monday beaten to death allegedly by members of a Hindutva group in the town of Jamner in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district. The perpetrators allegedly assaulted Suleman Rahim Khan Pathan after he was seen with a Hindu woman from the same village at a cafe
250114-Yavatmal
Two Muslim-owned restaurants in Wani, Yavatmal, were forcibly shut down by members of the Bajrang Dal
2501XX-Mumbai-Kurla
At the “Samrast Yatra” event in Kurla, Mumbai, organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, a Jain monk disseminated hate speech rife with anti-Muslim propaganda.
250200-Rane
Rane’s speeches continued throughout the month of February, spreading more hateful conspiracy theories, and even suggesting that if Muslims “looked at Hindus in an incorrect manner,” they would face consequences. He stated that, “Our government is very bad. What is going on around I am aware of everything. You don’t have to struggle. Wherever something wrong is happening, wherever someone tries to slaughter a cow, wherever someone tries to smuggle, wherever green snakes try to wriggle, just make one call, and leave the rest of the arrangements to me., https://cjp.org.in/the-role-of-leaders-in-spreading-divisive-rhetoric/