“The world remembers Akhlaq, but not Tejram: Here is how Tejram was lynched in Bareilly by a Muslim mob over stopping them from playing drums outside Hindu temple”, Opindia, July 25, 2024:
“On Muharram this year, several incidents of mob violence and raising of slogans like ‘Sar tan se juda’ or ‘Hindustan mein rehna hai to Allah hu Akbar kehna hai” have been reported in various parts of India. However, there was no “idea of India khatre mein hai” or “lynchistan” type outrage on the ground or on social media.
Why? Because the victims were Hindus and the perpetrators were Islamists. In Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district, an incident of mob lynching has been reported wherein a Hindu youth named Tejram was brutally lynched by a Muslim mob on 18th July after Hindus objected to Muslims playing “dhol” outside a Hindu temple during a Muharram procession on 17th July in Gausganj area.
An altercation ensued over Hindus stopping Muslims from playing Dhol [drums] in front of a Hindu temple on 17th July during the Muharram procession. The accused Muslims then started attacking the Hindus and pelting stones at their houses and harassing the women……”
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