Two Hindu girls molested and mowed down by Muslim men in Gorakhpur

Case Summary
In Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, two Hindu girls who were going to attend their examinations were crushed using a van by two Muslim men named Gulzar and Salman. The two Hindu girls were cousins. Due to this incident, one girl lost her life, but the other managed to survive. According to the girl who survived, both Salman and Gulzar were molesting them for one week. Even on the day of the incident, the two accused bought a magic van along with them and tried to molest the two girls. When both of them opposed it and walked away, both Salman and Gulzar crushed them using a magic van. According to the post-mortem report of the deceased student’s body, the head was fractured due to the car running over her and the ribs were broken causing her death. There were scratch marks on the leg as well. The victim who survived the attack by Gulzar and Salman said that the accused duo had been harassing her for the last one week. The duo used to follow her sometimes in a car or on a bike. She said that Salman and Gulzar used to repeatedly give their phone numbers to the victim and pressurise her to talk to them. On the day of the incident, the two girls left home to take their exams. About half a kilometre away from the house, both the accused passed by a Magic van. When the girls passed by there, the accused Muslim youths tried to talk to them, and after protesting, they walked ahead. The accused duo then parked their vehicle ahead and started waiting. As soon as the girls passed by there, Salman and Gulzar drove the vehicle over them from behind. The family members of the student also say that after the incident, the family members of the accused are threatening them. The police, meanwhile, registered a case on the complaint lodged by the victim’s uncle and arrested both Gulzar Ali alias Rehman Ali and Salman. The family of the deceased demanded that the accused be 'encountered' and punished the same way that the girls were crushed.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
In this case, there is a strong suspicion that the victims were profiled on the basis of their religious identity. The perpetrators were pursuing the girls and had been harassing them for a week. In many such cases, the victims are profiled on the basis of religious identity and then pursued. Further, the dehumanisation of Hindu women in a doctrinal and scriptural sense makes it far easier for Muslim extremists to target Hindu women. However, there is also a possibility that the girls were harassed as a crime of opportunity and no religious motive existed. Owing to the lack of more information, this case is being added to the undecided database. If more information emerges, the case will be added to the hate crime database.
Victim Details
Total Victim
2
Deceased
1
Gender
- Male 0
- Female 2
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 0
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 2
Age Group
- Minor 0
- Adult 2
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0

Case Status
Arrested

Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
male