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On 14 February 2023, Bajrang Dal activists were accused and criticized for intimidating couples across the nation against celebrating Valentine's Day, even physically attacking them. [89] A few local citizens in Faridabad allegedly thrashed a few Bajrang Dal activists for attacking a couple sitting in a park, prompting police investigation. [90]
Kirit Somayya in a Lok sabha debate on 26 April, 2002, described the murder as part of the chain of targeted killing of Hindu activists belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party, Vishva Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal, Shiv Sena activists, in Kalyan, Akola and Bhiwandi in 12 days prior to Jain's murder. [7]
Eyewitnesses and police sources estimate the number of attendees at around 600. Despite the law, violence took place in Muslim-dominated areas like Azad Nagar, OT Road, Gandhi Bazar, Seegehatti, Siddaiah Nagar, Urdu Bazar and Clarke Pete. Bajrang Dal members were among the 5,000 people who participated, defying prohibitions.
Beti Bachao Bahu Lao is a campaign planned by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and its affiliates Bajrang Dal etc., that claimed to marry young Muslim girls to Hindu men. [27] In 2016, journalist Rahul Kotiyal of Scroll.in was awarded Ramnath Goenka Award for reporting on a campaign by RSS and Bajrang Dal named "Beti Bachao, Bahu Lao". The ...
Mahendra Kumar. Mahendra Kumar (died 25 April 2020) [1] was the convener of the Karnataka, India, branch of the Bajrang Dal, an Indian Hindu youth organisation.He was reportedly involved in the 2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka on 14 September 2008.
The CBI investigated the raw video footage and the equipment used to create it, and interviewed 14 of 18 "persons belonging to different Hindu outfits like VHP, Bajrang Dal, RSS and Gujarat Police [who] have been shown making revelations." [12]
On 20 July, members suspected to be from Bajrang Dal and VHP burned hundreds of bible at the I.P. Mission School, Rajkot. [35] [40] [38] [39] [31] On 23 July, Hindutva activists along with a revenue official allegedly attacked tribals in a prayer hall with sticks and later false cases were filed on the victims. [41]
Dara Singh was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). [13] He was also an activist of the Bajrang Dal [14] [2] and the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP). [15] The Police reported that Dara Singh was an active member of the Go suraksha samiti, an initiative financed and implemented by the VHP and the Bajrang Dal. [16]