Insult to Hindu sentiments: Man on social media makes derogatory remarks against Hindu deities
Nawabganj (Bareilly), Uttar Pradesh, India 
1 December, 2025
Case Summary
The Hindu community was targeted through obscene and insulting remarks made against Hindu deities by a young man in Nawabganj, Uttar Pradesh. According to media reports, the accused made an offensive post, which went viral on social media, triggering anger among local Hindu residents. Police began searching for the accused after receiving the complaint. The accused, identified as a resident of Bukhara Pur village, worked as a medicine supplier in the Gurgura area. He had made abusive comments about Hindu goddesses on social media. This resulted in widespread outrage from the Hindu community. As a result, Kotwal Arun Kumar Shrivastava stated that efforts were underway to trace the accused. He added that the man would be arrested soon and sent to jail.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
The primary category in this case is: Hate speech against Hindus. The subcategory under this 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. This case has been added to the Hinduphobia Tracker because the remarks posted online were not random abuse but targeted specifically at Hindu goddesses, making it a direct attack on the Hindu faith. When obscene or derogatory comments are made about deities worshipped by a community, the intention is to insult the group as a whole. Such acts create fear, anger, and humiliation among Hindus and are treated as hate speech motivated by religious hostility. Targeting Hindu goddesses reveals the perpetrator's profound anti-Hindu hatred, as these deities embody the sacred core of Hindu identity, religious heritage, and spiritual devotion central to Hindu festivals like Navratri and daily worship. Deliberately mocking or demeaning Hindu goddesses is a direct assault on Hinduism's divine feminine principle—Shakti—which unites over a billion devotees in reverence for feminine power, wisdom, and protection that permeates temples, rituals, and cultural life. This behaviour of denigrating revered goddesses mirrors the established pattern of anti-Hindu slurs and online abuse designed to belittle and erode Hindu beliefs, proving outright hostility towards Hindus and their faith. The virality of the post also amplified the harm. Once such content spreads publicly, it encourages further hate and can trigger real-world tension, as seen in the immediate reaction from the community. The outrage was not over a personal dispute but over deliberate denigration of Hinduism. Because the act was driven by contempt for Hindu religious symbols- revered deities and was aimed at provoking the Hindu community, it qualifies as a religiously motivated hate crime and is documented in the hate crime database of the Hinduphobia Tracker. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker documents cases based on when the crime occurs rather than when it gets reported in the media. It is important to clarify that the media source covering this case has not specified the exact date when the crime occurred. Therefore, for documentation purposes, we have recorded the date based on when the incident was reported in the media, 1 December 2025.
Case Status
Complaint filed
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Unknown
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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