A security official of the Indian railway shot dead his senior and three Muslim passengers in an apparent hate crime . A Railway Protection Force RPF jawan officer on Monday morning July shot dead four people who were on a train near the Palghar railway station in Maharashtra .
Among those killed was an assistant subinspector ASI and three passengers all Muslim men with beards across nine carriages . According to a purported video of the culprit speaking after killing the fourth victim he could be heard saying They Muslims operate from Pakistan this is what the media of the country is showing they have found out they know everything their leaders are there .
India has become a black hole for religious minorities. Conspiracy theories that allege a Muslim plot to secure the faiths numerical supremacy in India have been a staple of Hindu nationalist ideologues for years. Similar theories of immigrants and minorities replacing majority populations have also been embraced by the farright in other countries.
At times the theories have been indulged by Prime Minister Narendra Modis Bharatiya Janata Party BJP which has come to dominate national politics partly through its muscular appeals to the countrys Hindu majority. Raqib Hameed Naik the founder of Hindutva Watch a group that monitors reports of attacks on Indian minorities had said in June that there is no religious discrimination by his government is a complete lie .
The RPF will compensate the heirs and families of the victims. The RPf would compensate the victims of the perpetrators of the incidents. The incident was described by the RPF. The attack. The Indian government. The Act of Inauguration of September 2014.
Inaugment of September 2013. The report stated that the incident was to be described as ‘hindutva. Naik.
