Mosque set on fire in Himachal Pradesh

2017-11-05

Main Information

  • Victim Names n/a
  • Date of Incident 2017-11-05
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Himachal Pradesh
  • City/District Piplivala village, Sirmaur, Piplivala village, Sirmaur
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Piplivala village, Sirmaur
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

There was a blast in the mosque in Piplivala village in Himachal Pradesh. The blast took place at around 2 am. The locals got to know about the incident from social media and the police were informed. Not much damage happened due to the blast but the police searched around with dog squads. The police said that this could be the doing of the right wing extremists.