Hindu man and his driver attacked by Muslim mob amid chants of "Allahu Akbar"

Case ID : aa4b103 | Location : Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India | Date of Incident : Fri, 2 May, 2025

Case ID : aa4b103

Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India

2 May, 2025

Hindu man and his driver attacked by Muslim mob amid chants of "Allahu Akbar"

Hate speech against Hindus

Violent threats

Attack not resulting in death

Attack against Hindu devotees

Case Summary

In Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindu businessman, Kapil Chaudhary, was brutally attacked by a Muslim mob amid chants of "Allah-hu-Akbar." The assault followed a minor dispute over the removal of a bike, which quickly escalated into a communal attack. The incident took place in the Chandpur area at around 9 PM when Kapil Chaudhary, a local businessman, was returning home in his Scorpio vehicle. Two bike riders, Naeem Ahmed and Sarfaraz, stopped their bikes in front of his vehicle near the railway gate, blocking the path. When the driver, Rahul, asked them to move their bikes, they immediately began to assault him. When Kapil tried to intervene, he was also attacked, and the assailants snatched his mobile phone and broke it. Shortly after, the attackers called in 15 to 20 more individuals from their community, who arrived and launched a coordinated attack. Among them were individuals named Waseem alias Tony, Shamir, Dawood, Anas, and Nazim, along with several unknown people. They reportedly shouted "Allah Hu Akbar" during the assault, vandalised Kapil's vehicle, and looted approximately two lakh rupees in cash and a gold chain. Kapil was injured in the process, with his vehicle also sustaining damage due to stone pelting. Police registered an FIR and arrested four individuals: Naeem, Nazim, Waseem, and Kamil. As of the time of writing this report, the investigation was ongoing, and the police were attempting to apprehend the remaining accused.

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: - 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. The other primary category selected here is: - Attack not resulting in death. Within it, the sub-category selected is: - Attacked for Hindu identity. Hindu devotees are a few of the easiest targets of religiously motivated hate crimes because during the festival/procession/puja etc, for non-Hindus it is easy to profile their victims on the basis of religion. Hindu devotees come under attack on several occasions by individual non-Hindus or mobs of non-Hindus owing to their animosity against Hinduism, its symbols and tradition/practices. There are several instances of Hindu devotees being attacked while they worship in temples or temporary religious structures, during religious processions, doing bhajan/kirtan/puja in their own homes, in the residential society etc. These attacks are perpetrated by non-Hindus primarily because of their animosity towards Hindus and their faith. In some cases, the trigger for the violence may be non-religious, however, there are two elements that make these hate crimes. First, the Hindus who come under attack are attacked violently while indulging in religious activity. Whether they are in a place of worship or not is immaterial to the crime. When individuals are attacked while indulging in religious practices, the attack in itself is a hindrance to their freedom to practice religion and therefore constitutes a hate crime. Secondly, religious supremacist doctrines and ideologies deem religious practices of Hindus to be offensive ab initio since they are considered “sinful” by these ideologies, worthy to be annihilated by force or coercion. Driven by these religious supremacist ideologies and doctrines, the attacks against Hindu devotees stem from intrinsic animosity towards Hinduism. In some cases, the trigger for the violence may be non-religious, however, it develops into a religiously motivated crime during the course of the violence. Since these attacks stem from animosity towards Hindus and Hinduism, they are considered religiously motivated hate crimes under this category. This case has been added to the tracker because two Hindu men, businessman Kapil Chaudhary and his driver Rahul, were violently attacked by a group of Muslim men following a minor road rage incident. The fact that the attackers chanted "Allahu Akbar" during the assault, despite the dispute being limited to a routine request to move a vehicle, indicates that the violence was not only excessive but also carried communal undertones. The disproportionate and coordinated nature of the attack, where the Muslim mob violently attacked in response to a minor trigger, reflects a pattern of communal aggression that transforms trivial altercations into religiously charged assaults. The aggressive chanting of Abrahamic slogans such as "Allahu Akbar" during acts of violence underscores how religiously motivated aggression is justified in the name of Allah. This pattern is evident in numerous incidents where Muslim mobs launch attacks against ‘Kafirs’ or non-Muslims, more specifically Hindus, using religious slogans as both a battle cry and a means of legitimising their actions. The invocation of such slogans amid stone-pelting, arson, communal riots and attacks reflects the deeply ingrained belief among radical elements that their violent actions align with divine will. By framing their aggression as a religious duty, they not only dehumanise their victims but also incite further violence, creating an atmosphere where hatred against non-Muslims is normalised. This dangerous mindset fuels unprovoked attacks, as seen in cases where Hindus are targeted for practising their faith, celebrating their festivals, or even demanding historical accountability. The deliberate and systematic nature of such attacks exposes an underlying pattern of religious intolerance, where violence is sanctified under the guise of faith-driven retaliation