hate crime

The much talked about Gurugram 'hate crime' has turned out to be another instance where a crime was deliberately peddled to have been motivated by religious hatred without any basis in fact.

Many mainstream media channels had reported the incident as a case of anti-Muslim hate crime. On social media, the incident was highlighted yesterday by many influencers as a case of growing intolerance and violence against Muslims.

Gautam Gambhir, BJP's winning candidate from East Delhi took to Twitter to condemn the incident of a Gurugram man beaten up and allegedly forced to chant 'Jai Shree Ram'.

Irfan and Rizwan have been booked for attempt to murder (IPC Section 307)

The family members of Tyagi believe the attack by Alam and his family was planned since they had weapons ready for the attack

Umam Khanam, who eulogises JNU freelance protestor Shehla Rasheed and fake news propagator Arfa Khanum Sherwani, in a series of tweets had also claimed 'victimhood' stating that certain students under the influence of alcohol had harassed her.

Khanam's friends have refuted the allegations that she was targeted because of her Muslim identity.

On the 1st of April, this year about 200 Lutyens’ celebrity writers published an open letter appealing to the people of India to “vote out hate politics, in other words, vote out PM Modi

The Junaid murder and now the Gurugram incident where efforts were made to give a crime committed against Muslims a communal colour despite the fact that they were motivated by other factors is part of a larger pattern.

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