Muslim cemetery vandalised and shops set on fire

2020-02-18

Main Information

  • Victim Names Undisclosed
  • Date of Incident 2020-02-18
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Unknown
  • State Delhi
  • City/District Delhi, Gokulpuri, Northeast Delhi
  • Party in Power AAP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Gokulpuri, Northeast Delhi
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

A group of at least 200 people were gathered around a Muslim cemetery armed with hammers, sickles and axes. On one call, all of them raised their tools and struck the building’s boundary wall. The mob chanted ‘Jai Shri Ram.’ There was not a single policeman in the vicinity to stop them. A part of the mob set two shops that had ‘Khan’ written on them on fire. The Delhi Police and Ministry of Home Affairs said there was “sufficient force”, but the situation on the ground was far from this claim.