Hindutva in Education
UP school principal suspended, booked over ‘Islamic’ prayer after saffron outfit’s protest ( Deccan Herald )
The principal of a government school in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district was suspended after protests by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal (BD)...
Dalits/Tribals
Dalit Teen Allegedly Raped, Killed, 2 Arrested: UP Police ( NDTV )
Mathura, UP:
A 14-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly strangled to death after gang-rape in a village under Mahavan Police Station area of Mathura district.
According to...
Hate Watch
UP CM Says 2013 Riots Convict BJP Leader ‘Lost House Seat Protecting Muzaffarnagar’s Dignity’ ( The Wire )
Khatauli (Uttar Pradesh): Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath has said that Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former MLA from Khatauli Vikram Saini – convicted in...
Muslims
UP: Muslim man killed in ‘celebratory firing’ by BJP leader ( Maktoob Media )
A local leader of Bharatiya Janata Party was arrested in Kanpur on Saturday in connection with an apparent case of celebratory firing that led...
Dalits/Tribals
UP: Upper-caste Hindu men threaten Dalit gang-rape survivor to withdraw case ( Maktoob Media )
The Dalit woman, a resident of Handia area of Allahabad district, had lodged a gang-rape report against former BJP MLA Vijay Mishra’s nephew and...
Hindutva in Executive
In Police Denial That Hindu Mob’s Killing Of Muslim In UP Village Was A Communal Attack, A Pattern Emerges ( Article-14 )
By NIKITA JAIN & MEGHNA PRAKASH / Article14
Baghpat: In the village of Vinaipur, in western Uttar Pradesh’s (UP’s) Baghpat district, 27-year-old Shahrukh Tyagi sat in...
Muslims
Fabricated to take revenge: Kin protest UAPA against Muslim youth in UP with PFI links (Maktoob Media)
On 29 September, around 5 pm, three officers in plain clothes arrived at the house of Abdullah Saood Ansari in summoning him to the...
Lynching
UP: Muslim man lynched, another Muslim seriously injured as mob attacks them ( Maktoob Media )
A 32-year-old Muslim man Zaheer Khan was lynched while another person Yusuf Khan (30) was seriously injured after a mob attacked them suspecting them...
Muslims
‘Woman Offering Namaz at Hospital Not Crime,’ Says UP Police; Authorities Announce ‘Probe’ Anyway (The Wire)
By Sumedha Pal / The Wire
New Delhi: On September 23, a video surfaced on social media from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. It soon went viral.
In...