Another incident of violence against migrants from Bihar reported after a civil engineer and six plumbers from Madhubani district were attacked by locals in Gujarat on Monday night. Police claims that the attack has no connection with the origin of the victims’ and has arrested one of the three accused[Read More…]
Tag: Hate crime
Man accused of Junaid Khan’s murder confesses crime, says Police
After 16-year-old Junaid was murdered on a local train near Ballabgarh on June 22, it triggered a nationwide outrage against lynching. According to the police, Naresh, who is in his thirties, has confessed that the knife with which Junaid was stabbed was in his hand. However, the murder weapon has still[Read More…]
Mob lynching shouldn’t be given a religious angle: Venkaiah Naidu
On Friday, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu called the incidents of lynching in the country “barbaric”. He further added that these incidents of violence shouldn’t be viewed from a religious angle. Law enforcement agencies at the district and the state level must take effective steps to prevent such incidents in future,[Read More…]
Mentally challenged woman mob-lynched in Bengal
In a shocking incident from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, a mentally challenged woman was lynched on suspicions of child trafficking. The incident comes in the wake of a series of incidents of mob lynching which has claimed many lives. According to Hindustan Times report, the victim, 42-year-old Otera Bibi, had[Read More…]
UK hate crime: Muslim woman assaulted, hijab ripped off
Recently, a woman in the UK, wearing hijab was allegedly pushed to the ground from behind. Her hijab was ripped off amid a spike in hate crime incidents following the two terror attacks which took place in Manchester earlier. As reported, the woman after getting down from her car with[Read More…]
Watch: Northeast girl asks stereotypical questions to Mainland India
India is an inherently racist country. Every one of us has faced some form of discrimination when traveling to a part of the country we don’t call native. But, racial attacks against people from the Northeast have been on the rise in the last few years. According to reports, 86%[Read More…]
Every attack on Indians in US is not hate crime: Sushma
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said that every attack and death of Indians in US should not be considered as hate crime. Replying to concerns of members over attacks on Indian abroad, she told members during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha that the government was aware of each[Read More…]
Fresh attack on African national, now Kenyan woman thrashed in Greater Noida
Hardly two days after the attack on African nationals in Greater Noida, on Wednesday morning one more attack on a young Kenyan woman reported in Greater Noida. The victim, identified by police as Maria Burendi (25). She alleged that she was beaten and kicked in the abdomen while she was[Read More…]
Five arrested after attack on Nigerian students
Uttar Pradesh police arrested five people in connection with the attack on Nigerian students in Greater Noida The four Nigerian students were attacked by a mob during a candle-light march for a 17-year-old boy who had died on Saturday. “Police have arrested five persons. FIR registered and action will be[Read More…]
Three RSS cadres arrested in Kasargod Madrasa teacher murder case
The special investigation police team has arrested three RSS cadres in connection with the murder of a madrasa teacher, Mohammed Riyaz Moulavi, in Kasargod in Kerala. Ajesh aka Appu,Akhil and Nithin, the three suspects, will be produced before the court on Friday. Kannur Crime Branch superintendent of police A Srinivas, who[Read More…]
Malayali priest stabbed by Italian during Sunday mass
In a shocking incident of hate crime, a Catholic priest from Kerala was stabbed by an Italian man at St Matthews Church in Melbourne. According to reports, Reverend Tomy Kalathoor Mathew was just about to begin the Sunday mass when an attacker shouted “You are Indian, a Hindu or Muslim,[Read More…]
Racist video aimed at Indians surfaces on Internet
Days after the report of hate crimes against Indians, an anti-immigration website that features the video and photo of Indian families chilling in Ohio has Indian communities across the US worried. A report titled “Ohio – A Journey to Indian Park”, and an accompanying video, has been posted in the[Read More…]
Hate crime in US: Sikh man shot by masked man in US, attacker yelled ‘go back to your own country’
Deep Rai, a 39-year-old Sikh man, has been shot and wounded outside his home in Washington’s Kent city by a masked stranger on Friday when he was working on his car. The man alleged that the attacker told him to ‘go back to his country’ before shooting him in the[Read More…]
Nearly 10 anti-migrant attacks a day in Germany, says interior ministry
Nearly 10 attacks were made on refugees and asylum seekers in Germany every day in 2016, the interior ministry data showed. The country had witnessed more than 3,500 attacks against migrants last year. The assaults left 560 people injured, including 43 children, the ministry said in a written response to[Read More…]
Amazon fires worker for ‘Uncle Adolf’ note in parcel for Jewish woman
An Amazon worker allegedly put a note in a parcel for a Jewish mother in the UK that read “Greetings from Uncle Adolf” has been fired by the company. The customer found the note in a package of toys for her niece. “When she told us about the note she[Read More…]