Killings and brutal attacks against Hindus by hardline Islamist radicals continued across multiple Bharatiya states in 2025, often emerging from everyday disputes, deceptive relationships, or targeted violence that suddenly turned lethal. This article outlines representative 10 documented cases show recurring patterns of mob assaults, personal betrayal, “friendship” or “job” traps, and revenge plots that escalated into murders of Hindu men, women, and even minor girls.​

Brutal mob killing in Kharagpur

On the night of 15 December 2025, civic volunteer Tulsi Rao alias Uday, 32, attached to the intelligence wing of West Midnapore district police, was fatally assaulted near Kharagpur railway station in West Bengal. A minor push by a Muslim man during late‑night tea with friends allegedly triggered an argument that escalated into an attack by around 15 youths, who dragged Uday near the bus stand and assaulted him with sharp weapons and heavy stones, leaving him critically injured until he died 12 days later in a Cuttack hospital on 28 December. Police arrested key suspect Sheikh Sharifuddin and one more accused, while a demand for strict action and “Justice for Uday” gained ground locally.​

Friendship turning into fatal betrayal

In Delhi’s Welcome area, a seemingly trivial quarrel over a mobile phone between friends became a murder case on 25 December 2025. Suraj, a Hindu youth who did scrap work, allegedly picked up his Muslim friend Shadab’s phone while both were intoxicated, prompting Shadab to repeatedly stab him with a knife near Kabootar Chowk before fleeing, after which doctors declared Suraj dead and police arrested Shadab the next day with the weapon recovered.​

In Jalaun district of Uttar Pradesh, a liquor party on Churkhi bypass near Orai on the night of 16 December 2025 ended with the killing of 35‑year‑old Mahendra Kumar Jatav. His friends Zeeshan, Altaf and Raja allegedly held him and smashed his head with a brick during an argument, leading to his death and subsequent arrest of Zeeshan and Raja for murder.​

Job, trust and sexual exploitation traps

In Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, Madhoganj area, a Hindu girl was lured with a fake job offer and murdered after a sexual assault attempt. Accused Furqan, a prior acquaintance of the family, allegedly took her on 15 December 2025 to Sandila industrial area on the pretext of employment, then tried to rape her at a deserted spot on the way back and strangled her with her own dupatta when she resisted, dumping the body near a garbage site before being arrested in an encounter‑style operation on 16 December, with a country‑made pistol, cartridges and her mobile phone seized.​

In Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, vegetable vendor Mukesh Maurya was found dead in a field outside the village on 5 December 2025 after being strangled. Police investigation revealed that his Muslim girlfriend Nagma and her husband Mohammad Shanu jointly killed him because of their ongoing relationship and Nagma’s pattern of trapping other men in false cases for money, with both accused confessing that they murdered Mukesh and that she had earlier demanded one lakh rupees from his family.​

Everyday disputes turning deadly

In Kunda village under Bhanwargarh police station in Baran district, Rajasthan, a routine complaint over flour grinding led to a death. Elderly villager Chauthmal Bagdi Mogiya had gone on 9 December 2025 to the mill of Salman Khan alias Tipu and objected that his wheat had not been ground properly; Salman allegedly beat him so brutally that, already in poor health, he succumbed to his injuries during treatment on 14 December, after which police quickly arrested Salman.​

In east Delhi’s Ghazipur area, 45‑year‑old Hindu worker Dileep was killed on 8 December 2025 following a dispute over just 1,000 rupees. His body, bearing serious facial injuries from stone blows, was recovered near a garbage dumping site close to the paper market, and within a day police arrested his Muslim co‑worker Kaleem, 32, on charges of murder.​

Attacks on minors and entire families

In Khachrod tehsil of Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh, a 9‑year‑old Hindu girl visiting her grandmother’s house became the target of a brutal sexual attack on 14 December 2025. Neighbour Riyaz Khan allegedly attempted to rape the child, then, as per the FIR description, stuffed her into a sack and beat her with sticks, causing injuries so severe that she died during treatment at a Ratlam hospital on 15 December.

In Chhandamau village under Narayawali police station in Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, 5 December 2025 saw an entire Dalit Hindu family targeted after they opposed a Muslim youth’s coercive pursuit of their daughter. Accused Faheem Khan allegedly locked their kutcha house from outside and set it on fire when the family objected to his forced “friendship” with the girl, leading to the painful deaths of her two minor brothers during treatment and serious burns to the daughter.​

Contract killing and mistaken identity in Araria

In Araria district of Bihar, Narpatganj block, government school teacher Shivani Kumari Verma was shot dead on the morning of 3 December 2025 in what police later described as a contract killing gone wrong. Husn Ara, suspecting her husband Mohammad Sabir of having an illicit affair with another teacher, allegedly paid three lakh rupees to have that woman killed, but the hired shooters confused the two as both travelled the same route on similar red scooters, intercepted Shivani instead, shot her from behind near her neck, and killed her; within 48 hours police arrested mastermind Husn Ara and contract killers Md Maroof and Md Sohail, recovering a country‑made pistol, the bike and clothes used in the crime.

These ten cases, spread across West Bengal, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, illustrate how radicalised hatred, predatory relationships, and deep social fractures can turn routine interactions, friendships, neighbourhood ties and workplace dealings into sites of deadly anti‑Hindu violence, forming just a fraction of the hundred incidents documented in the 2025 report.

Detailed information on remaining 90 cases can be accessed here: Yearly Report 2025। 100 Incidents : Killings of Hindus by Mahazabi radicals