Hindu family subjected to sustained harassment in Muslim-dominated village in Uttar Pradesh; local Muslims threatens to "slaughter" them "like goats"
Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India 
29 June, 2026
Case Summary
In the Lucknohar village of Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindu family belonging to the Brahmin community faced sustained harassment and intimidation from local Muslims in their neighbourhood over a minor dispute. Furthermore, the Muslim family also gave violent threats that "We will slaughter you like goats." According to reports, the dispute arose over a drain between 2 villages, following which the Hindu family said they were subjected to repeated threats and harassment on a daily basis. According to the family's account, local Muslims, along with the Gram Pradhan, threatened to "slaughter" them "like goats". They further stated that the intimidation had severely disrupted their lives, with the women in the family being confined inside their home due to fears for their safety. They also revealed that they were the only Hindu household among around 50 Muslim families. The family said they had approached the District Magistrate (DM) and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) seeking protection, but did not receive any immediate relief. Following the circulation of the family's video on social media, the Sant Kabir Nagar Police responded publicly, stating that the matter pertained to a dispute over a drain. The police said that the Sub-Divisional Magistrate and the Circle Officer of Dhanghata had reached the spot and initiated efforts to resolve the dispute. They further stated that, in order to maintain peace and public order, both parties had been bound down under the relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category of - Attack not resulting in death. Within it, the sub-category selected here is - Attacked for Hindu identity. In several cases, Hindus are attacked merely for their Hindu identity without any perceived provocation. A classic example of this category of religiously motivated hate crime is a murder in 2016. 7 ISIS terrorists were convicted for shooting a school principal in Kanpur because they got ‘triggered’ seeing the Kalava on his wrist and tilak that he had put. In this, the Hindu victim had offered no provocation except for his Hindu religious identity. The motivation for the murder was purely religious, driven by religious supremacy. Such cases where Hindus are targeted merely for their religious identity would be documented as a hate crime under this category. The other sub-category selected here is - Attacked for crossing 'Muslim area'. One of the reasons that Hindus get attacked unprovoked specifically by Islamists is for crossing ‘Muslim areas’. Essentially, Muslim mobs often attack Hindus crossing or present in certain areas which have a majority Muslim population. It has often been cited as one of the reasons to blame Hindus for attacks against themselves, signalling that Hindus displaying religious symbols, taking our religious processions or crossing any area which is dominated by Muslim residents is a provocation in and of itself. These areas are mostly ghettoized areas where mobs mobilize quickly to attack Hindus for a variety of reasons like playing music during a religious procession, crossing a mosque, wearing a tilak or any other religious symbol in a Muslim-dominated area, praying at a local temple in that area etc. There have been cases where the few local Hindus of that area have been attacked on their way to the Temple for prayers as well, simply because the area is considered a Muslim-dominated area. Several times, it is entirely possible that the immediate trigger for the violence against Hindus was non-religious in nature, however, the violence became religiously motivated in nature because the area was Muslim dominated and the residents on the whole harboured animosity towards Hindus, evidenced from the actions of the mob, the slogans, and the nature of the attack. Such crimes are motivated by the religious identity of the victims and are therefore classified as hate crimes under this category. The other primary category selected here is - Hate speech against Hindus. Within it, the sub-category selected here is - Violent threats. Violent threats, explicit, implicit or implied, is the most dangerous form of hate speech since it goes beyond discriminatory and prejudicial language to express the intent of causing harm to an individual or a group of people based on their religious identity and faith. There could be several different kinds of threats that are issued to Hindus based on religious animosity. An explicit threat would mean the direct threat of violence towards an individual Hindu, a group of Hindus or Hindus at large. Physical violence, death threats, threats of destruction of property belonging to Hindus and threats of genocide would mean explicit threats against Hindus for their religious identity. Implicit threats may not be a direct threat but implied through the use of symbols of actions – for example – in the Nupur Sharma case, other than explicit threats, there were also implicit threats when Islamists took to the streets to burn and beat her effigies. It implies that they want to do the same to Nupur Sharma – thereby is considered an implicit threat. Violent threats can be delivered in person, through letters, phone calls, graffiti, or increasingly through social media and other online platforms. It would be important to understand that a threat – explicit or implicit, online or offline – to an individual who happens to be a Hindu does not qualify as a religiously motivated threat. Such a threat, while vile and dangerous, could be owing to non-religious reasons and/or personal animosity. To qualify as a religiously motivated threat, it would need to exhibit an indication that the individual is being targeted for religious reasons and/or owing to his/her religious identity as a Hindu. This case has been added to the Hinduphobia Tracker because the Brahmin Hindu family was targeted and subjected to sustained harassment and intimidation from local Muslims over a minor dispute, where their religious identity had heightened their vulnerability. While the immediate trigger was a disagreement over a drain, the response was not limited to asserting a civil claim or resolving a local disagreement. Instead, the dispute escalated into sustained intimidation and death threats directed at a Hindu family living as the only Hindu household in a locality dominated by members of Muslim religious community. When a Hindy family is subjected to repeated harassment and threats of extreme violence by members of the majority community around them, the incident reflects more than a routine interpersonal conflict; it creates an environment where religious identity becomes a source of vulnerability and intimidation. The severity of the threats went beyond a routine civil disagreement. Threats of slaughtering a Hindu family "like goats" constitute a grave form of intimidation intended to instil fear and coerce submission. The hostile atmosphere created by the Muslims was so severe that the women in the Hindu household remained confined inside their home out of fear for their safety. Such sustained intimidation, directed against a family that is isolated as the only Hindu household in the area, carries a broader communal dimension because it creates an environment in which members of a religious minority are prevented from living freely and exercising their basic rights without fear. Such a disproportionate response to a minor altercation highlights the underlying animosity the members of the Muslim community hold against Hindus. These actions reflect a dangerous mindset of religious supremacy that demands dominance and submission through violence. In such cases, even minor, non-religious provocations are met with aggressive retaliation when the victim is Hindu, revealing an alarming pattern of identity-driven hostility that defines such hate crimes. This pattern of disproportionate retaliation, driven by identity-based hostility, is what qualifies the incident as a hate crime. This violent overreach stems from an Islamic supremacist ideology within Muslim extremist circles, which views Hindus as socially and religiously inferior. This toxic belief breeds contempt and aggression, especially when Hindus resist submission or refuse to yield in disputes. The readiness to use violence or resorting to death threats under the pretext of minor issues exposes the continuing threat Hindu communities face, as these incidents are not isolated or spontaneous but part of an ongoing pattern of religiously motivated violence. Similarly, the Hinduphobia Tracker has previously documented numerous instances where non-religious triggers sparked communal violence against Hindus by Muslims. For example, on 30th May 2025, in Dewran Garhiya village, Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, a minor verbal altercation between two Hindu men and a Muslim man escalated into a violent assault by a large Muslim mob, inflaming communal tensions. In another incident on 7th July 2025 in Bhavna Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, a Hindu family was brutally attacked by a Muslim mob of nearly 80 people following a simple dispute over garbage disposal. Victims suffered severe injuries from sharp weapons. Similarly, on 22nd June 2025 in Ghongade Basti, Solapur, Maharashtra, a minor road dispute led to a targeted communal assault on Hindus by a large Muslim mob, sparking widespread clashes. Taken together, the disproportionate response to a routine civic disagreement, the explicit threats of lethal violence, the prolonged pattern of intimidation, and the vulnerability arising from the victims being the only Hindu household in the locality establish that this incident went beyond an ordinary neighbourhood dispute. It therefore meets the criteria for inclusion in the Hinduphobia Tracker as a hate crime because the intimidation was rooted in religious animosity and created an environment in which a Hindu family's ability to live safely and freely in its own neighbourhood was undermined through fear and coercion. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incidents based on when an event occurred or when the victim's ordeal began. It is important to clarify that none of the media sources covering this case has specified the exact date when such threats were issued. Therefore, for documentation purposes, we have recorded the date based on when the incident was reported in the media, 30 June 2026.
Case Status
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Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
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