A group of Bajrang Dal and Hindu Raksha Dal members brutally attacked the family of a minor Muslim girl in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, after a video of her saying she would eat beef went viral.
The assault, marked by hate slogans and obscene abuses, has triggered outrage over the growing culture of Hindutva vigilantism and police inaction in the state.
The mob, led by Hindutva figure Daksh Chaudhary and joined by Prakash Singh, Annu, Akku, Amit, and Abhishek, stormed into the house of the girl in the Tulsi Niketan area of rural Ghaziabad late last week.
The attackers shouted Islamophobic slurs, tried to barge into the family’s house, and hurled the “filthiest abuses” at the girl’s mother.
The main accused in the attack, Daksh Chaudhary, who allegedly instigated the violence against the girl and her family, has several criminal cases registered against him, including slapping former JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar, beating Rohingya Muslim refugees, and attempting to disrupt law and order by wearing shoes inside a mosque in Ghaziabad.
He has a huge following on social media, and despite multiple FIRs against him, he continues to operate freely, amassing a large online audience used to amplify anti-Muslim propaganda.
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