Amroha | SabrangIndia News Related to Human Rights Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:40:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://sabrangindia.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Favicon_0.png Amroha | SabrangIndia 32 32 SHRC Directs DM, Amroha to Act on CJP’s Complaint against Hate: UP https://sabrangindia.in/shrc-directs-dm-amroha-act-cjps-complaint-against-hate/ Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:40:18 +0000 http://localhost/sabrangv4/2018/08/24/shrc-directs-dm-amroha-act-cjps-complaint-against-hate/ On the back of the Kasganj Republic Day Violence, attempts were made to incite violence between Dalits and Muslims through Hate on Social Media (Amroha)   On February 2018, fake news of forced conversion of Dalits in Amroha district of Uttar Pradesh began to circulate on social media. It emerged that this was a willful […]

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]]> On the back of the Kasganj Republic Day Violence, attempts were made to incite violence between Dalits and Muslims through Hate on Social Media (Amroha)

 

On February 2018, fake news of forced conversion of Dalits in Amroha district of Uttar Pradesh began to circulate on social media. It emerged that this was a willful campaign on misinformation, designed to pit Dalits against Muslims. CJP complained to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The UP State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has now directed the District Magistrate to investigate and act on the complaint.
 

The rumours were worded in an inflammatory manner with the unambiguous objective to spark conflict between Dalits and Muslims who have hitherto coexisted in harmony.
 

First there were rumours that street signs were being changed as Gautam Nagar was being renamed Islam Nagar. A tweet by one Prashant P Umrao openly alleged that 1500 Dalits lived in fear of conversion in Amroha. Interestingly Umrao was exposed as a ‘one man hate factory’ by Alt News. The tweet may be viewed here:


 
Fake news about forced conversion of Dalits and the possibility of changing the name of the Gautam Nagar neighbourhood began spreading like wildfire at a time when UP was already on the boil in wake of the clashes in Kasganj. Gautam Nagar is a Dalit neighbourhood that has a 42 per cent concentration of Muslim population and the objective of this hate filled campaign was clearly to foment violence between the two marginalised groups.

Our letter to the NHRC may be read here.

The complaint was forwarded by the NHRC to the UP SHRC which has now directed the District Magistrate to submit an action taken report by Sept 11, 2018. The SHRC’s letter to the DM may be read here.

This article was first published on cjp.org.in.

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]]> Muslim youth lynched in UP village for allegedly attempting to steal a cow https://sabrangindia.in/muslim-youth-lynched-village-allegedly-attempting-steal-cow/ Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:54:28 +0000 http://localhost/sabrangv4/2017/03/23/muslim-youth-lynched-village-allegedly-attempting-steal-cow/ On the unsubstantiated allegation of consuming and storing beef, in 2015 a mob had thrashed Mohammed Akhlaq inside his home Bisahda village, Dadri, Uttar Pradesh. The incendiary mob had even threatened the women members of the family with sexual violence. Now comes the report from another village in the same state of a Muslim youth […]

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]]> On the unsubstantiated allegation of consuming and storing beef, in 2015 a mob had thrashed Mohammed Akhlaq inside his home Bisahda village, Dadri, Uttar Pradesh. The incendiary mob had even threatened the women members of the family with sexual violence.

Muslim Killed

Now comes the report from another village in the same state of a Muslim youth being thrashed to death for allegedly attempting to steal a cow.

The incident took place in Dagrauli village located in the Hasanpur area in Amroha district.

The villagers claim four thieves had entered the village late at night to steal a cow. According to the police, villager Brahmpal and his wife were awakened by the sound of a vehicle. Stepping out of their home they reportedly saw four youth attempting to drive away with their cow.

The couple shouted for help and caught hold of one of the youth. The villagers say that finding themselves surrounded by the villagers they resorted to firing, injuring six persons. But the villagers grabbed hold of one of the youth while three others fled from the scene under cover of fire.

The nabbed youth was beaten to death. By the time the police reached the scene, the youth had breather his last. A case has been registered. The name of the deceased youth is said to be Nasir who was a native of Rampur.

Soon after being sworn-in as chief minister, Yogi Adityanath had issued directions to the police to stop the smuggling of cows. Illegal slaughter houses have also been ordered to be sealed and the police have started action accordingly.

Following the swearing-in last Sunday, a slaughter house was shutdown in Allahabad on Monday. On Tuesday one slaughter house in Varanasi and 15 in Ghaziabad were similarly sealed. Shutting down illegal slaughter houses was part of the BJP’s manifesto issued during the recently concluded Assembly polls in UP.
 

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