Minor Hindu boy hacked to death by group of Muslim youths, following a trivial dispute over football match in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal

Case ID : 30a9531 | Location : South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India | Date of Incident : Mon, 6 July, 2026

Case ID : 30a9531

South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India

6 July, 2026

Minor Hindu boy hacked to death by group of Muslim youths, following a trivial dispute over football match in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal

Attack resulting in death

Attacked for Hindu identity

Case Summary

In the Baruipur area of South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, a 17-year-old Hindu boy, Prasenjit Biswas, was hacked to death by a group of Muslim youths, following a dispute over a football match. According to reports, Prasenjit's team had won a local football match a few days earlier, during which an altercation broke out between him and a group of local Muslim youths. The dispute escalated into a violent confrontation after one of Prasenjit's friends, who had earlier been involved in a separate argument with the same group, asked him to accompany him to resolve the matter. When Prasenjit and his friend reached the meeting spot in the Palpara area on 7 July 2026, an argument broke out between the two groups. During the confrontation, the Muslim attackers brutally assaulted Prasenjit with sharp weapons, repeatedly striking him and slitting his throat. His friend sustained injuries while attempting to save him. The injured victim were taken to Baruipur Sub-Divisional Hospital, where doctors declared Prasenjit dead, while his friend was admitted for treatment. The murder sparked widespread outrage among the victim's family and local residents, who gathered at the hospital and staged protests demanding justice. Tension escalated when the accused sought refuge inside a police outpost at the hospital, prompting police intervention to prevent further violence. As of the date of writing this report, five accused, identified as Mayukh Sardar, Jaganna Sardar, Sairul Mondol, Sahin Mondol and Ripan Bazikar, were arrested in connection with the murder. However, police claimed that the attack stemmed from the earlier dispute over the football match and continued their investigation into the case.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category of - Attack resulting in death. Within it, the sub-category selected 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, cases where the attack led to the death of the Hindu victim/s would be documented. This case has been included in the Hinduphobia Tracker because the victim, a minor Hindu boy, was hacked to death by Muslims youths, following a dispute over a football match. While the immediate trigger for the incident was an earlier disagreement arising from a local football match, the subsequent extreme violence inflicted on the victim portrays religious animosity. The transformation of an ordinary disagreement into a collective attack by Muslim perpetrators demonstrates that the violence was rooted in religious animosity The accused did not limit the confrontation to the earlier disagreement but instead called the victim to another location, where the Muslim group attacked him with sharp weapons, resulting in his death. The use of overwhelming force in response to what began as a local sporting dispute reflects a severe escalation that extended far beyond the original altercation. This further proves that the violence was premeditated and planned. 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 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. To understand how minor disputes can escalate into identity-based communal violence, often leaving Hindus as victims, it is important to recall the 2019 Hauz Qazi incident. The incident illustrates how a seemingly ordinary, non-communal altercation escalated into a targeted communal attack once religious identity became the focal point. What began as a minor dispute over parking was rapidly transformed through mobilisation, rumour circulation, and identity-based consolidation into a large-scale attack directed at a Hindu locality and its place of worship. The congregation of a large mob at the entrance of the Hindu-dominated lane, the stone pelting, desecration of the Durga Mandir, and the targeting of residents indicate that the conflict was no longer about the original dispute but about asserting dominance over a religious minority within a Muslim-majority area. The shift was further evident in the use of religious slogans, the confinement of Hindus to a single lane, and allegations of repeated prior targeting, all of which pointed towards a pattern where demographic imbalance creates an environment of vulnerability. In such contexts, even trivial triggers can be communalised, with religious identity becoming the basis for collective mobilisation and violence, reflecting deeper underlying tensions and hostility that manifest when an opportunity arises. It is important to note here that this was not an isolated incident. 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 collective mobilisation of multiple Muslim assailants, the pre mediation of the attack, the use of dangerous weapons, the death threats, and the grossly disproportionate nature of the violence establish that this incident went beyond an ordinary quarrel. The attack exhibited characteristics consistent with a religion-driven communal assault in which the Hindu victim was subjected to brutal violence following a trivial dispute. Accordingly, this case meets the criteria for inclusion in the Hinduphobia Tracker as a hate crime.