Hate video calls for banning Muslims from Delhi colonies

2020-04-05

Main Information

  • Victim Names Muhhamed Imran
  • Date of Incident 2020-04-05
  • Nature of Violence Threat
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Yadav
  • State Delhi
  • City/District Delhi, Shastri Nagar
  • Party in Power AAP

Other Information

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

“We will not let any Muslim enter our lanes,” a man, who is also shooting the video on his phone can be heard saying. He is a part of a group of men sitting in a tight circle on a public road that runs through their colony of Shastri Nagar. The group is specially checking each vendor as they pass by, asking their names, seeking Aadhaar cards, and warning the ones they suspect of being Muslim against entering the colony. The video, posted on Facebook has also asked everyone else in the city to follow them and not allow Muslims to enter their neighbourhoods. “Request you all not to let any Musalmaan enter your lanes. Ask their names, He then starts harassing an innocent vendor passing by demanding that he returns with his identification papers the next day, “else we will not let you enter this lane, understood?” The scared vendor identifies himself as a Yadav and is told to bring his Aadhaar card as proof. Another is told to get lost from the neighbourhood and also return with an Aadhaar card. “Else do not come here, you will get beaten with sticks otherwise,” threatens the man making the hate video. He proudly shares how he “caught'' a vendor who called himself Misra, but “turned out to be Muhhamed Imran. We beat him up and chased him away” he repeats his ‘request’ that others follow his violent