Hindu minor girl raped by Muslim youth, victim's family assaulted and abused by Muslim mob with identity slurs when they protested

Case ID : 5954b7a | Location : Faridabad, Haryana, India | Date of Incident : Tue, 29 October, 2024
Case ID : 5954b7a
location Faridabad, Haryana, India
date 29 October, 2024
Hindu minor girl raped by Muslim youth, victim's family assaulted and abused by Muslim mob with identity slurs when they protested
Attack not resulting in death
Attacked for opposing radicals or trying to save victim
Attacked for Hindu identity

Case Summary

In Faridabad district, Haryana, the mother of a Hindu minor girl filed a complaint accusing a Muslim boy of attempting to molest her daughter and attacking her and her family when they protested. The incident took place at Ashiana Apartments in Sector 62, Faridabad. According to the complaint, a Muslim youth who lived in the same building, called the girl to his flat and tried to molest her. Upon hearing her screams, the girl's mother rushed to Sonu's flat, but by then, the accused had fled. Later, Sonu, accompanied by his mother, brother Sahil, and 10-15 other boys from his community, confronted and attacked the victim's family. The attackers hurled caste-based slurs and issued death threats. Eyewitnesses reported that more Muslim men gradually joined the group, and eventually, a mob of around 100 individuals, led by a man named Fakruddin, gathered at the scene. Armed with sticks and bricks, they created chaos, attacking the victim's family and other Hindus present. After the assault, the mob fled the area. While escaping, they encountered a Hindu neighbour named Deepak, who was returning home from work and attacked him as well. Before dispersing, the group issued threats to the Hindus, warning them against taking any action. It is worth noting that the Hinduphobia tracker possesses a copy of the bail order that includes the testimony of the victim's mother. The bail order details the incident, where the mother of the minor Hindu girl recounted how Sonu had attempted to rape her minor daughter and after he was caught, he along with his mother, brother Sahil, and 10-15 Muslim boys, assaulted them, hurled caste-based slurs at them and also issued death threats.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case has been added to the Hinduphobia tracker under the prime category of- Attack not resulting in death. Under this, the first sub-category chosen 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 second sub-category selected here is- Attacked for opposing radicals or trying to save victim. In several cases, Hindus are attacked for opposing religiously motivated crimes being committed against a fellow Hindu or simply for voicing an opinion opposing radical elements, who either have in the past or continue to persecute Hindus. In such cases, the initial attack against the victim, against which the Hindu was trying to defend the victim, would also need to be classified as a religiously motivated hate crime. Since the initial crime itself was religiously motivated and the subsequent crime of attempting to save the victim or speaking against the radical elements ends up inviting a violent attack, it would also be classified as a religiously motivated hate crime under this category. In this case, a Hindu minor girl was sexually assaulted and raped by a Muslim perpetrator. This, essentially, could have been considered a crime of opportunity, however, after the perpetrator was confronted by the family of the victim, the family of the perpetrator and an accompanying Muslim mob attacked the family and hurled identity-based abuses and slurs at the victim and her family. It can be argued that a caste-specific slur is aimed at her micro identity of belonging to the Dalit section of the Hindu community and not her Hindu identity itself. However, as far as Abrahamic religions are concerned, the micro identities of caste, region, and language are secondary. It is the religious identity that drives the animosity of the perpetrator against the Hindu victim. With the religious marker present in the form of caste slurs when the victim and her family was attacked by the Muslim mob attempting to save the perpetrator, the crime itself also becomes one that stemmed out of religious animosity. Essentially, the entire chronology of the multiple crimes committed is one born out of religious animosity as evidenced by the identity-based slurs hurled by the perpetrator and the mob attempting to save the perpetrator. For that reason, this case is being documented as a religiously motivated hate crime.

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Perpetrators Details

Perpetrators


Muslim Extremists

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From 10 to 100

Perpetrators Gender


male

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