KOLKATA: A Muslim man fell victim to a fatal assault by Hindutva extremists in the Indian city of Kolkata, following a series of lynchings in West Bengal.
The victim, Azgar Molla, a resident of Phulbari, was falsely accused of theft and was brutally beaten and left critically wounded just 500 meters away from the local police station.
His family lamented the lack of intervention by the police that could have saved his life. The tragic incident has devastated the family of Azgar Molla.
The incident is another example of the rising trend of anti-Muslim violence that has intensified across northern and eastern India under the extremist government of Narendra Modi. Since the ascent of the Narendra Modi government, northern and eastern India has seen a disturbing rise in anti-Muslim violence.
Molla’s death is the 13th lynching incident since June 4, with cases reported in Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Among these, nine victims were Muslim men, alongside a Christian woman and three individuals from low-cast Hindu communities.
