Tripura Muslim man attacked by locals in Tripura

2020-05-12

Main Information

  • Victim Names Abul Hossain Choudhury
  • Date of Incident 2020-05-12
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Jhutan Das
  • State Tripura
  • City/District Agartala, Gol Chakkar, Agartala, Tripura
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Gol Chakkar, Agartala, Tripura
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

Abul Hossain Choudhury was attacked on 13th May 2020, at around 9PM by two goons in front of his house. He was beaten up aggresively and his family was threatened to leave the locality for being Muslim. His religion was abused and he was told that namaz is not allowed here and that he won’t be allowed to stay here without converting his religion. He was also told to raise Hindu slogans.