Muslim family beaten, told to go back to Pakistan

2021-08-20

Main Information

  • Victim Names Undisclosed
  • Date of Incident 2021-08-20
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Lalit Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Tejpal, Surendra, Shailendra Tank
  • State Rajasthan
  • City/District Ajmer, Chandra Vardai Nagar, Ajmer, Rajasthan
  • Party in Power INC

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Chandra Vardai Nagar, Ajmer, Rajasthan
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

A poor Muslim family was assaulted in a residential colony in Ajmer by 5 Right Wing Hindu men. The victim and his family were constantly slapped and the boy of the victim was kicked on his head while he crouched down holding his head. The goons said, “Go to Pakistan. You won’t get alms here.” The incident led to widespread outrage and caused a major embarrassment to the ruling party at the time - Congress. The group of young men who caught the victim were enraged upon his entry in a Hindu dominant community.