Bajrang Dal workers attack two aged women

2019-01-31

Main Information

  • Victim Names Kamarunnisa, Shamshad
  • Date of Incident 2019-01-31
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Karthik, Deepu, Prathap, Raghu
  • State Karnataka
  • City/District Sakleshpur Taluk, Raghavendra Nagar, Sakleshpur Taluk, Karnataka
  • Party in Power INC

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Raghavendra Nagar, Sakleshpur Taluk, Karnataka
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

At the APMC market, Bajrang Dal workers attacked two elderly women and set their two tents on fire while claiming that they were selling beef dishes. The women have been living their lives and selling non-vegetarian meals under tents for the past 40 years. Eight Bajrang Dal workers attacked the women, accusing them of cooking beef dishes. The saffron workers also set fire to their tents. In addition, they doused the women in hot sambar and threatened to burn them if they continued to conduct business there. Even though the women reported to the police about the Bajrang Dal employees there, the police allegedly turned down their accusations.