Dalit Hindu man abducted, assaulted and hurled casteist abuse by three Muslim men; Dalit family attacked by Muslim mob for opposing them

Case ID : 8da1798 | Location : Alwar, Rajasthan, India | Date of Incident : Sat, 1 November, 2025

Case ID : 8da1798

Alwar, Rajasthan, India

1 November, 2025

Dalit Hindu man abducted, assaulted and hurled casteist abuse by three Muslim men; Dalit family attacked by Muslim mob for opposing them

Hate speech against Hindus

Anti-Hindu slurs, mocking faith

Attack not resulting in death

Attacked for Hindu identity

Attacked for opposing radicals or trying to save victim

Communal clash/attack

Case Summary

In the Bas village of Alwar district, Rajasthan, a Dalit Hindu man named Pawandeep was abducted, physically assaulted and hurled casteist abuse by three Muslim men. Subsequently, while the panchayat was attempting to settle the issue, communal tensions escalated after the victim's family was violently attacked by members of the Muslim community. The dispute escalated into large-scale stone-pelting and a brutal attack involving sticks, rods, and sharp weapons. According to reports, on 2 November 2025, Ishwar Chand Meghwal filed a report at the police station stating that his son, Pawandeep, was abducted by three Muslim men named Rashid, Tarif, and Imran, and taken away in their Thar (vehicle) under the pretext of giving him a cold drink. Pawandeep was then taken to a secluded place, where he was physically assaulted and hurled casteist abuse by the perpetrators, after which he was abandoned near a canal between Sherpur and Naharthala. Pawandeep managed to return home and narrated the ordeal to his family, following which a police case was registered on 4 November 2025 at Nauganwa police station. To resolve the issue, a panchayat meeting was organised on 7 November 2025 in the presence of local villagers. However, during the gathering, around 80 to 90 members of the Muslim community, including Haji Ismail, Azaru, Rizwan, Alijan, Mausam, and Tarif, arrived armed with weapons and launched a violent assault on the Dalit Hindu family. The dispute escalated into large-scale stone-pelting and a violent attack involving sticks, rods, and sharp weapons, leading to chaos in the village. Several members of Ishwar Chand’s family, including Dewan Chand, Aman, Mukesh, Samoti, Kavita, Krishna, and Monica, were severely injured. Ishwar Chand also suffered serious wounds to his head and hand, Dewan sustained head injuries, and Mukesh was hit on the face. All the injured were taken to the Community Health Centre in Nauganwa, and some were later referred to Alwar for advanced treatment. Police reached the scene shortly after the violence erupted, transported the injured to the hospital. Additional police personnel were deployed in the area to prevent further unrest. According to Station Officer Bhupendra Singh, peace had been restored in the village, and a search operation was underway to apprehend the attackers.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category of- Hate speech against Hindus. Within it, the sub-category selected is - Anti-Hindu slurs, mocking faith. Anti-Hindu slurs and the deliberate mocking of the Hindu faith owing to religious animosity involve the usage of derogatory terms, stereotypes, or offensive references to religious practices, symbols, or figures. One of the common anti-Hindu slurs used against Hindus is “cow-worshipper” and “cow piss drinker”. The intention of using this term is to demean and mock Hindus as a group and their religious beliefs since Hindus consider the cow holy. Additionally, some symbols and the slurs attached to them have a historical context that exacerbates the insult, hate, stereotyping, dehumanisation and oppression against Hindus. Cow worship has been used for centuries to denigrate Hindus, insult their faith and oppress Hindus specifically as a religious group. There has been overwhelming documentation about how cow slaughter has been used to persecute Hindus with cow meat being thrown in temples and places of worship. There has also been overwhelming documentation where cow meat (beef) has been force-fed to Hindus to either forcefully convert them to Islam or denigrate their faith. Apart from cow worship, the Swastika – which holds deep religious significance for the Hindus – has also been misinterpreted and distorted to use as a slur against Hindus. Similarly, the worship of the Shivling has been used by supremacist ideologies and religions to denigrate Hindus owing to religious animosity. Such slurs and denigration stem out of inherent animosity and hate towards Hindus and their faith, therefore, it is categorised as hate speech targeted at Hindus specifically owing to their religious identity. The second primary category selected here is - Attack not 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. The other 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. The other sub-category selected here is - Communal clash/attack. Communal clash is a form of collective violence that involves clashes between groups belonging to different religious identities. For a communal clash between Hindus and non-Hindus to qualify as a religiously motivated hate crime, the trigger of the violence itself would have to be anti-Hindu in essence. For example, if there is a Hindu religious procession that comes under attack from a non-Hindu mob and after the initial attack, Hindus retaliate in self-defence, leading to a communal clash between the two religious communities. While at a later stage, both communities are involved in the clash/violence, the initial trigger of the violence was by the non-Hindu mob against the Hindus and therefore, it could safely be termed as an anti-Hindu violence. Further, the trigger would also have to be religiously motivated. In the cited example, the attack by the non-Hindu mob was against religious processions and therefore, can be concluded to be religiously motivated. In some cases, the trigger may be non-religious, however, it develops into religious violence against Hindus at a later stage. In such cases too, the foundational animosity towards Hindus becomes the motivating factor of the crime and therefore, it would be classified as a religiously motivated hate crime against Hindus under this category. This case has been added to the tracker because a Dalit Hindu man, Pawandeep, was abducted, physically assaulted, and subjected to casteist abuse by three Muslim perpetrators — Rashid, Tarif, and Imran. The victim was not only abducted and assaulted but also subjected to casteist slurs by the perpetrators. This detail is crucial, for it shows that the abduction and violence were carried out with the deliberate intention of degrading his Hindu identity. When Muslim perpetrators subject a Hindu man to physical assault while mocking his caste and faith, the crime ceases to be just about violence and becomes instead an assertion of communal hostility. This case has been added to the Hinduphobia Tracker because it represents a religiously motivated hate crime in which a Dalit Hindu man, Pawandeep, was abducted, physically assaulted, and humiliated by Muslim perpetrators, followed by a coordinated violent attack on his family by members of the Muslim community. The violence was not a random outburst but carried a clear pattern of anti-Hindu hostility, combined with caste-based degradation used as a tool of humiliation. The incident began when the Hindu victim was lured away, abducted, and assaulted by three Muslim men — Rashid, Tarif, and Imran. During the assault, the perpetrators hurled caste-based slurs, exposing the intent not merely to injure but to degrade and dehumanise the victim by invoking both his religious and caste identity. While the immediate trigger of the attack remains unclear, the use of casteist abuse reveals the communal dimension of the violence. The combination of religious and caste-based humiliation demonstrates that the assault was not an isolated act of physical aggression but a hate-driven attempt to enforce dominance and instil fear in a Hindu belonging to a marginalised social group. Some may argue that the caste-specific slurs targeted the victim’s micro-identity as a Dalit Hindu rather than his broader religious identity. However, in the context of Abrahamic hostility toward non-believers, such micro-identities — caste, language, or region — are secondary. The primary animosity is directed toward the victim’s Hindu identity. Thus, while the perpetrators invoked casteist abuse, their hostility was fundamentally anti-Hindu in nature. The intent was not to highlight caste difference but to humiliate a Hindu man through the idioms of social inferiority. The use of caste as an instrument of insult was simply a means to intensify religious contempt. Therefore, the fact that caste-based slurs were used by Muslim perpetrators does not diminish the communal motive — it reinforces it. This makes the crime an unmistakably religiously motivated act of hatred against Hindus, reflecting both doctrinal animosity and social prejudice against a Hindu from the Dalit community. The second phase of the crime unfolded during a panchayat meeting, called to resolve the issue peacefully. Instead of allowing dialogue, around 80–90 members of the Muslim community arrived armed with sticks, rods, and sharp weapons, and launched a violent assault on the victim’s family and other Hindus present. The attack quickly escalated into large-scale stone-pelting and indiscriminate violence, leaving multiple members of the Dalit Hindu family seriously injured. The fact that an entire group mobilised to attack the family for bringing the matter before the panchayat shows the collective and premeditated nature of the assault, driven by religious bias rather than personal grievance. Such disproportionate aggression is consistent with a pattern repeatedly observed in similar communal incidents, where members of the Muslim community resort to violence over minor disputes involving Hindus. This behaviour reflects an underlying ideology of religious supremacy, where violence is used as a tool to enforce dominance and suppress dissent. The Dalit Hindu family was attacked not because of an interpersonal conflict but because they dared to raise their grievance before the community — a form of resistance perceived as defiance. This violent reaction stems from a mindset of Islamic supremacy, wherein Hindus — particularly those from weaker social strata — are viewed as religiously and socially inferior. The assault was a punitive display of dominance, intended to send a message to others that Hindus who oppose or speak out against wrongdoing by the Muslim community will face retribution. Such violence operates as a mechanism of control, ensuring the continued subordination of Hindus within mixed-population areas. In summary, Pawandeep was abducted, assaulted, and humiliated through casteist abuse because of his Hindu identity, and his family was later collectively attacked for seeking justice. The religious animosity of the perpetrators, expressed through caste-laden language and physical violence, makes this incident a clear case of Hinduphobic hate crime. It satisfies multiple indicators of targeted anti-Hindu hostility — including identity-based humiliation, religiously motivated violence, and collective punishment — and therefore merits inclusion in the Hinduphobia Tracker’s database. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incidents based on the date when the event occurred or when the victim’s ordeal began. Since Pawandeep was abducted and subjected to casteist abuse on 2 November 2025, that date has been taken as the incident date. Disclaimer: It should also be noted that, although multiple individuals were attacked by the Muslim mob, only eight victims (excluding Pawandeep) have been explicitly mentioned in reports. Therefore, the total victim count has been conservatively recorded as nine.