Muslim dosa seller attacked in UP, cart vandalized

2021-08-18

Main Information

  • Victim Names Irfan, Aabid
  • Date of Incident 2021-08-18
  • Nature of Violence Physical assault
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Devraj Pandit, Srikant Sharma
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Mathura, Vikas Bazar Area, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Vikas Bazar Area, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

A Muslim dosa vendor was attacked in Mathura by Hindu vigilantes for giving his Dosa stall a Hindu name. He had named it ‘Srinath Dosa Corner’. The mob was led by a man Devraj Pandit who is a devotee of the priest Yati Narsinganand Saraswati, notoriously famous for running Islamophobic campaigns. The mob attacked the dosa vendor and vandalized the cart telling the victims to name the stall after Allah and not after Hindu gods saying all the Hindu brothers come to this stall thinking this is run by a Hindu man. The leading man also blamed the victim for ‘Economic Jihad’. The mob could be heard saying “Krishna Bhakton ab yudh karo, Mathura ko abhi shudh karo” (Whic translates to, “devotees of Krishna, wage a war to purify the land of Mathura). Later, the Dosa seller sold his cart and renamed his stall to ‘American Dosa Corner.’