UP Muslim girl harrassed for not wearing BJP cap

2019-04-02

Main Information

  • Victim Names Umman Khan
  • Date of Incident 2019-04-02
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Lucknow, Lucknow
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

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

An intoxicated student allegedly physically abused and harrased a muslim girl for refusing to wear a BJP cap during their college vacation to Agra. The survivor described the incident on Twitter, writing: "Yesterday (April 2), I went on a college vacation to Agra. Out of the 55 students, I was the only Muslim student. The students became so inebriated that they began acting inappropriately, making me their target.” They allegedly bought a BJP cap and forced the victim to wear it; when she objected, they allegedly started acting inappropriately and groping the victim indecently. She suffered a college expulsion as a result of the complaint