Muslim hawker assaulted in Aligarh

2021-10-31

Main Information

  • Victim Names Aamir Khan
  • Date of Incident 2021-10-31
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Devendra, Raju
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Aligarh, Nagla Khem, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Nagla Khem, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

Aamir Khan, a Muslim man selling clothes in UP’s Aligarh was beaten by lathis by a father and son duo for being a Muslim and refusing to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’. The Aligarh police tweeted that this was misleading and the scuffle was due to the cost of clothes. The father-son duo stole Rs 10,000/- from him, stole his phone and other items from his shop. They beat him, also tried to set fire to his shop, he nearly survived because the police reached the scene on time.