India is faced with a number of insurgencies, and, while a large number of Sikhs have started a sustained campaign against Indian state’s merciless oppression by asking Khalsas not to remain in the Indian Army, RSS gangsters are continuing with their attacks on minorities, including an attack on a prayer hall in Coimbatore that had been decked up for Christmas.
According to the authentic information available, a Hindu man in India killed a Muslim and posted a video of the murder online in an effort to raise money for a campaign against those who practice Islam. Though the matter was reported to the local police, the campaign did not die down and funds continued to pour in on the basis of anti-Muslim hatred.
The suspect has been identified as Shambu Lal Regar who posted a video of the killing on the internet, along with his bank details for donations to finance his anti-Muslim campaign.
Further details reveal that more than 700 people from across India donated a combined 0.3 million rupees ($4,665) into the bank account after the video went viral on social media. The accused had been publicly declaring that he would become a Hindu hero after killing a Muslim man. Money minting on this so-called ‘popular’ theme was his other objective.
The video also showed Regar claiming to be a proud Hindu as he tried to stop a “love jihad” from taking place – a term used by Hindu hardliners who accuse Muslim men of entrapping Hindu women and girls and lure them into marriage, in order to convert them to Islam.
The murder, which occurred last week in the western state of Rajasthan, is the latest act of violence against minority Muslims in the country. Muslims have faced attacks by mobs known as “cow vigilantes” who accuse them of murdering cows, which Hindus consider sacred.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has come under fire for failing to do enough to stop attacks against Muslims – a claim which Delhi rejects, his party BJP denying any bias against Muslims.
As for the slogans raised through banners and other media by disgruntled Sikhs, they state: ‘Khalsa waiting to get justice for decades. In 1984, Sikh genocide will never be forgotten even after the creation of Khalistan’; ‘After crushing us in 1984, now the government of India wants foreign governments to act to wipe out Khalistani leaders’; ‘Instead of defending the Indian borders, Khalsas will guard the doors of Guru Garanth sahib’ and ‘Khalsas should neither join nor remain in Indian army’.
