Miscreants on a scooter throw meat in front of Shiv Mandir
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 
17 June, 2024
Case Summary
In Jaipur, Rajasthan on June 18, 2024, at around 4:30 PM, unidentified youths on a scooter threw meat in front of a Shiva Temple on Chanakya Marg, Subhash Chowk. The local people, suspecting anti-social elements of trying to disturb religious and social harmony, quickly gathered at the temple and reported the incident to the police. A video of the incident shows large pieces of meat lying in front of the temple. The local residents also provided CCTV footage to the police. In response, the police arrived promptly, calmed the crowd, and deployed additional forces to maintain peace. Subhash Chowk police station in-charge Dharam Singh confirmed that a written complaint had been filed and that an investigation is ongoing due to the seriousness of the matter.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
Sanatan Dharma is not a religion of one book, which is to say that while it has religious scriptures that form the central tenets of the faith, there are several traditions followed through thousands of years, mostly passed from generation to generation orally. One of these oral traditions or written traditions is the rules of specific temples. Certain temples have rules which are traditional rules, dependent on the worship of the presiding deities. These rules and traditions have been followed for thousands of years whether they find scriptural mention or not. Such traditions are based on the nature and rules of worship of the presiding deity of that temple. Any non-compliance of these traditions owing to animosity towards the faith or for the sake of activism stems not only from the lack of faith in the presiding deity but also disregard for the faith of the devotees of that deity/temple and implicit bias against the faith, the tradition and the deity itself. Since these specific traditions are central to the faith of the devotees of that specific temple and presiding deity, any non-compliance with these traditional rules would be considered a religiously motivated hate crime. In this case, despite understanding that Hindu temples are centres of worship and sanctity and introducing meat into these spaces is considered a violation of their sacredness, the perpetrator desecrated the premises by throwing meat on the door of the temples. It is important to mention here that though the last update was that the miscreants were unknown, regardless, the action stemmed out of hatred against Hinduism and resulted in the desecration of the sacred temple and would therefore be considered a religiously motivated hate crime.
Case Status
Complaint filed
Perpetrators Details
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Perpetrators Gender
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