India: Official Culture of Impunity Towards Hate Crimes Blamed After Muslim Man Hacked to Death

A statement by social organisations in Rajasthan has demanded provision of absolute security to all Muslims in the state.

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By The Wire Staff | December 7, 2017

“It is a merciless killing. A normal person wouldn’t do this”

On December 6, Mohammad Afrazul, a migrant worker from West Bengal was hacked with a cleaver and then set on fire by a man in Rajsamand, Rajasthan.

The alleged assailant has been identified as one Shambhulal Regar, who apparently suspected that Afrazul was in a relationship with a Hindu woman. Videos of the murder, as well as the killer’s speech justifying the act, went viral on social media on Thursday.

In one of the videos, Regar is seen warning Muslims by bringing up the bogey of ‘love jihad‘ and saying: “This is what will happen to you if you do ‘love jihad’ in our country.”
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