Kashmiri students were attacked in Dehradun

2019-02-15

Main Information

  • Victim Names Undisclosed
  • Date of Incident 2019-02-15
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Vikas Verma, Shyam Sharma and others
  • State Uttarakhand
  • City/District Dehradun, Dehradun
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Dehradun
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

Right-wing thugs beat up about 12 Kashmiri students in Dehradun. The incident happened while the kids were returning from Friday namaz and the thugs started assaulting them at that moment. Two of them suffered critical wounds. Shyam Sharma of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Vikas Verma, the convener of the Bajrang Dal, did not deny the attack when questioned, but they did state that they will make sure that no Kashmiri Muslim stays in the city