Attack on Muslims leading to riot

2014-11-12

Main Information

  • Victim Names Undisclosed
  • Date of Incident 2014-11-12
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Haryana
  • City/District Palwal, Hatin, Palwal
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Hatin, Palwal
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

Communal violence broke out at Hathin, Haryana. The members of the Ram Sena demolished the walls of a mosque. Then they also looted and burnt about 3 dozen shops and the houses of the Muslisms. Even the vehicles were not spared including the vehicle of the District Magistrate. Curfew was imposed in the area. Police booked 300 unknown persons under different sections of the IPC. Black Cat Commandos were deployed too along with heavy police force.