Attacks on Hindus and Hindu Dharma, both in Bharat and overseas, are frequent and unrelenting. In many regions of the world, this persecution is like a genocide slowly unfolding before our eyes. For decades, the world has ignored the actual depth and breadth of these attacks, driven by disturbing anti-Hindu bigotry. From murders, forced conversions, land grabs, assault on festivals, desecration of temples and murtis, hate speech, and sexual violence to institutionalised & legal discrimination, Hindus are facing an increasing assault on their very existence along with an unprecedented Hindu hatred.
In this weekly summary for the period from 30 August to 05 September 2026, we hope to provide a snapshot of such crimes and hopefully awaken more people around the world to this human rights crisis:
Bharat
1) In a swift operation that underscored the Mumbai Police’s resolve to maintain communal harmony during the festive season, the Byculla police arrested 22-year-old Danish Sher Khan within 36 hours of an egg-throwing incident that targeted a Ganesh arrival procession in the Mazgaon area. The accused, apprehended after intensive technical surveillance and the deployment of five dedicated investigation teams, has reportedly confessed to the crime during interrogation.
2) Time and again, the Christhutva fangs of the Joseph Vijay TVK government keep appearing; to remind the people of Tamil Nadu that it is not a secular government that is in power in the state. Instead, the signs are very clear: it is a Christhutva Fundamentalist government that is ruling Tamil Nadu.
3) The Karnataka government’s suspension of two government school teachers for participating in an RSS route march has triggered a sharp political confrontation. The opposition BJP pointed out that the ruling Congress was intentionally targeting employees over their association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). As per reports, the two teachers, Gururaj Joshi, an assistant teacher at Government Girls High School in Hunasagi, and Anna Saheb Deshmukh, headmaster of Government Lower Primary School in Kuppi, Surpur taluk, were suspended by the Karnataka Education Department after they participated in an RSS Patha Sanchalana.
4) Ten days after activists in Kandivali West’s Sanjay Nagar apprehended three individuals — including a South Korean national — allegedly offering ₹5–6 lakh to Hindus for converting to Christianity, the Kandivali police have yet to register a First Information Report (FIR), the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has alleged. The incident, which occurred on August 21 in the Sanjay Nagar area of Kandivali West, has sparked outrage among local Dharmic organisations, who accuse the Kandivali police, under the jurisdiction of Police Inspector Karan Sonkawade, of dragging their feet under alleged political pressure.
5) A 21-year-old private hospital nurse Sirisha was found dead in her staff accommodation in Telangana’s Thukkuguda, Rangareddy district, in the early hours of August 29, 2026, after being sexually assaulted and killed inside her room. Police arrested a 34-year-old bike mechanic, Mohammed Sanaullah, within about 30 hours of the complaint, following a probe that relied on technical evidence, scene reconstruction and medical findings that confirmed rape and multiple injuries.
6) With more than 17,400 followers on X, Voice of Bangladeshi Hindus (@HinduUnityBD) has become one of the most prominent social-media accounts documenting alleged atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh and warning Indian citizens and authorities about potential security threats emanating from across the border. It has now come to light that the prominent watchdog has received notices from Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh Police.
Bangladesh
Attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh are relentless and designed to cleanse the religious minority from the country gradually. According to a study by Prof. Abul Barakat of Dhaka University, no Hindus will be left in Bangladesh by 2050 due to systemic and institutionalized persecution. Temple desecration, land grabbing, mob attacks after false blasphemy charges, rape/forced conversion of women, and hate speech are tools used to intimidate and drive Hindus out.
1) On 27th August, minor Sourabh Chandra Roy was allegedly dragged inside the Chaparhat Al-Hera Jame Masjid in Kaliganj under Lalmonirhat District of Bangladesh after being accused of theft, a charge his family, local residents and local journalist Assaduzzaman Sazu describe as fabricated. Sourabh was tied up and beaten before being untied, dragged to the mosque verandah and subjected to another brutal assault. But Sourabh’s own words are perhaps the most disturbing account of all. “They tortured me brutally after confirming my Hindu identity,” he told L News while showing some of his injuries.
Most hate crimes are driven by anti-Hindu bigotry encoded in certain religious teachings and political ideologies. While the anti-Hindu hate in Islamic countries is evident, there is another subtler form of anti-Hindu sentiment within institutions and the public sphere of ostensibly secular states (like India) that provides an enabling environment for Hinduphobia and hate crimes. This subtle, everyday discrimination can be missed unless one studies prevailing laws and patterns. The gradual ban on firecrackers during Diwali is a good example – it might seem pollution-related on the surface. Still, the double standards at play become apparent when one looks at the larger picture of restrictions on Hindu festivals and the lack of sound reasoning behind the ban.
We request all readers to share other anti-Hindu hate crimes that we might have missed in this period in the comments below or by emailing [email protected]. We also solicit support in maintaining the Hindu human rights tracker database.
