A controversial incident unfolded in Pilkhuwa town, located in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur district, when members of a Hindutva group posted images of prominent Mughal emperors, Aurangzeb and Babur, in public toilets and urinals.
The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday, February 26. The radical group, wearing saffron scarves, filmed the act and uploaded the footage on social media. In the video, the group is seen pasting images of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, and Aurangzeb, the longest-reigning Mughal emperor, onto the walls and urinals of public restroom facilities.
After placing the images, the members of the group reportedly proceeded to desecrate the photographs by beating them with shoes, asserting that they had renamed the facilities.
This act is part of a larger, growing trend of aggressive actions by Hindutva outfits across India, aimed at diminishing the legacy of Mughal rulers. Just a few days earlier, on February 23, a similar incident occurred in Delhi, where a group of Hindutva supporters spat on and urinated on an Akbar Road signboard.
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