Incident register
1. 3 June 2026 — Barrackpore, West Bengal (Coercion/humiliation): BJP MLA Koustav Bagchi publicly pressured a Muslim woman at an Annapurna Yojna event to chant “Bharat Mata ki Jai” and “Vande Mataram” while implying BJP was not expelling Muslims from the country.
Source: Alt News, 8 June 2026.
2. Early June 2026 (around Eid ul-Adha) — Multiple states (Aggregate hate-crime pattern): APCR recorded 46 anti-Muslim hate-crime incidents around Eid ul-Adha; Maktoob Media reported that 30 were directly linked to Eid, involving restrictions, threats, surveillance, assaults, and three killings.
Source: Maktoob Media, 6 June 2026.
3. 11 June 2026 — Parola, Jalgaon, Maharashtra (Forced sloganeering/intimidation): Imam Hafiz Quazim was allegedly threatened and coerced by far-right men into chanting “Jai Sri Ram,” “Jai Sita Ram,” and praise for Shivaji; police said three accused were identified and arrested before release on bail.
Source: Alt News round-up.
4. 11 June 2026 (FIR date; assault described as a few days earlier) — Farmapur, Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh (Assault/forced sloganeering): Two Muslim youths riding a motorcycle were stopped, beaten, abused, and forced to chant “Jai Sri Ram”; police said two attackers had been identified.
Source: Alt News round-up.
5. 12 June 2026 — Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh (Hate speech): At a Rashtriya Bajrang Dal meeting, Dev Juneja alleged Muslim vegetable vendors surveil Hindu homes and women for “love jihad,” and another speaker claimed mosques stockpile weapons to destroy Hindus.
Source: Alt News round-up.
6. 14 June 2026 — Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh (Hate speech/dehumanisation): At a Hindu Raksh Dal programme, a speaker referred to Muslims as “jihadi pigs,” claimed Muslims divide and kill Hindus, and repeated “love jihad” conspiracy allegations.
Source: Alt News round-up.
7. 14 June 2026 — Gokulpur Sarasi, Purnea, Bihar (Vigilante assault/public humiliation): Hotel owner Mohammad Tajammul, his son, and his minor nephew were allegedly beaten, humiliated, and accused of selling beef; police later said investigation found no trace of beef.
Source: Alt News round-up.
8. 15 June 2026 — Naroda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (Housing exclusion/communal intimidation): VHP-Bajrang Dal-linked leader Ganesh Vanzara allegedly demanded a Muslim tenant’s Aadhaar card, identified him as Muslim, and ordered him to vacate the locality while invoking “love jihad” rhetoric.
Source: Alt News round-up.
9. 15 June 2026 — India-wide public discourse trigger (Denial context linked to incidents): Alt News framed the June incidents against Kiren Rijiju’s 15 June statement that saying Muslims are unsafe in India maligns the nation, arguing that the reported incidents contradicted that claim.
Source: Alt News round-up.
10. 17 June 2026 — Purnea, Bihar (Institutional confirmation after anti-Muslim allegation): Purnea Police issued a press note on 17 June stating investigation into the 14 June hotel assault found no evidence of beef, undermining the vigilante accusation that triggered the attack.
Source: Alt News round-up.
11. 18 June 2026 — Dasna/Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (Hate speech/conspiracy rhetoric): In a video released on 18 June, Yati Narsinghanand alleged Muslim clerics and an opposition MP were preaching “jihad” and “ghazwa-e-hind,” casting Muslims as a civilisational threat.
Source: Alt News, 30 June 2026.
12. 18 June 2026 — Purnea, Bihar (Arrest following communal assault): Police arrested one accused in the 14 June assault on Tajammul and his family after the incident had circulated as a communal “beef” allegation case.
Source: Alt News round-up.
13. 21 June 2026 — Dasna temple, Ghaziabad, UP (Genocidal hate speech): At a “Hindu Mahapanchayat,” Anil Yadav, aide of Yati Narsinghanand, openly called for the “annihilation” of Muslims and framed violence as necessary to end Islam.
Source: Alt News, 30 June 2026.
14. 21 June 2026 — Dasna temple, Ghaziabad, UP (Organised anti-Muslim mobilisation): The same Mahapanchayat portrayed Muslims as an imminent threat to Hindu families and children and urged Hindus to prepare collective action against Muslims.
Source: Alt News, 30 June 2026.
15. 21 June 2026 — Dasna temple, Ghaziabad, UP (Anti-Muslim rhetoric targeting interfaith ties): In the same speech, Yadav said his brother would die because he had “kept a Muslim,” using a Muslim woman in an interfaith marriage as proof of danger from Muslims.
Source: Alt News, 30 June 2026.
16. 21 June 2026 — Dasna temple, Ghaziabad, UP (Explicit incitement): Yadav concluded that “sanghar” against Muslims must be carried out and said whoever acts first would win the battle, amounting to direct exhortation toward anti-Muslim violence.
Source: Alt News, 30 June 2026.
17. 25 June 2026 — Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (Endorsement of prior hate speech): After criticism of the Mahapanchayat speech, Narsinghanand released a 25 June video backing Yadav’s claims and praising harsh responses to “jihadis” and Islam.
Source: Alt News, 30 June 2026.
18. 23 June 2026 — Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (Selective criminalisation of Muslims): Alt News reported that in two Varanasi boat cases, 14 Muslims remained jailed for two months while five others in a separate case got same-day bail, illustrating discriminatory legal treatment linked to communalised allegations.
Source: Alt News, 29 June 2026.
