On 18th April, a Hindu man named Umesh was brutally thrashed by an Islamist mob for offering a ride to a Muslim woman.
According to the media reports, the incident took place in Chitradurga city of Karnataka. Umesh works at a garment store and is a resident of Eerajjanahatti. On the night, he was on his way to drop his colleague Parveen at her home.
On Thursday at about 8 pm, a group of 5 Islamists stopped the victim and verbally abused him for accompanying a Muslim woman. They then assaulted him brutally. Umesh sustained severe injuries to his head and other parts of his body.
The victim reported the incident to the Chitradurga Town police. He underwent treatment at a local government hospital. A police team led by SP Dharmendar Kumar and DSP Dinakar visited Umesh at the hospital.
Members of the Hindu community gathered outside the hospital and demanded justice for Umesh. They also sought the arrest of the perpetrators.
On Friday (19th April), the victim’s colleague Parveen lodged a police complaint against him and accused him of molestation. She alleged that Umesh behaved inappropriately during the ride and tried to take her to a location different from her home.
The Muslim woman made false allegations that Umesh did not stop at Kanaka Circle and attempted to take her towards Chandravalli Thota. Parveen said that this forced her to raise the alarm, following which her brother’s friends came to the spot and intervened (thrashed the victim).
The conspiracy theory soon took the form of a social media hashtag, which Islamists used to share videos of random hijab-wearing Muslim women and their male Hindu friends/ acquaintances and partners without their consent.
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