His Defense of Hindus Was to Kill a Muslim and Post the Video
- 6 years ago
His Defense of Hindus Was to Kill a Muslim and Post the Video
Across India, Hindu supremacists have accused Muslim men of carrying out what they call "love jihad." Hindu activists have
urged young Hindu women to be on the lookout for Muslim men trying to lure them into marriage in order to convert them.
Some activists said the timing of the killing on Wednesday, in Rajasthan, in India’s west, was hardly a coincidence: 25 years ago to the day, Hindu supremacists demolished a 16th-century mosque in northeastern India, setting off Hindu-Muslim riots
that killed 2,000 people and deeply set back relations between the communities.
"If I have to die, then why not kill and die?" The victim, seen in the video as a blurry image wearing a white Muslim
prayer cap, was identified as Afrajul, a 50-year-old migrant laborer from the eastern state of West Bengal.
According to the activists, Mr. Raigar lured Mr. Afrajul to a thinly populated area
outside of Rajsamand, a midsize city, by promising him work as a day laborer.
At the end of the killing video, Mr. Raigar sprinkles kerosene on Mr. Afrajul’s body, sets it on fire and calmly walks away.
And in his rants on video and to journalists he said he had killed the Muslim man for "roaming around" with a Hindu girl.
Across India, Hindu supremacists have accused Muslim men of carrying out what they call "love jihad." Hindu activists have
urged young Hindu women to be on the lookout for Muslim men trying to lure them into marriage in order to convert them.
Some activists said the timing of the killing on Wednesday, in Rajasthan, in India’s west, was hardly a coincidence: 25 years ago to the day, Hindu supremacists demolished a 16th-century mosque in northeastern India, setting off Hindu-Muslim riots
that killed 2,000 people and deeply set back relations between the communities.
"If I have to die, then why not kill and die?" The victim, seen in the video as a blurry image wearing a white Muslim
prayer cap, was identified as Afrajul, a 50-year-old migrant laborer from the eastern state of West Bengal.
According to the activists, Mr. Raigar lured Mr. Afrajul to a thinly populated area
outside of Rajsamand, a midsize city, by promising him work as a day laborer.
At the end of the killing video, Mr. Raigar sprinkles kerosene on Mr. Afrajul’s body, sets it on fire and calmly walks away.
And in his rants on video and to journalists he said he had killed the Muslim man for "roaming around" with a Hindu girl.