Female Muslim NGO worker thrown out of village

2020-04-27

Main Information

  • Victim Names Fauzia Anjum
  • Date of Incident 2020-04-27
  • Nature of Violence Housing discrimination
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Varanasi, Varanasi
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Varanasi
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

Fauzia Anjum was thrown out of a village in Varanasi. She was part of an NGO that distributed Food and Necessities to People in need during the lockdown. Due to her religion, people of the village assumed she was spreading Corona within the village and threw her out. Earlier her family was also denied food items from local vendors.