#Delhi After recent anti-Muslim incidents by fringe groups,@the_hindu profiles 3 such groups to understand how they're growing.
Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta gives a Bhagwat Gita&a sword to everyone who joins the org, he says. "Only take people who are trained by RSS".
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- All these organizations are growing using social media. The crowd that gathers in their events is common for all groups. Personally, they don't seem to appreciate each other but pose as one when it comes to standing against one community.
After his release from jail on Oct 1 (Jantar Mantar raising of anti-Muslim slogans case), Deepak Singh from Hindu Force said that staying in jail was his 'tapasya' and he has come back stronger.
Sudarshan Vahini's Vinod Sharma released from jail on September 30 said he may have to shut the organization if "such arrests continue".
Deepak Singh said 20-odd people started the organisation a year ago and its present strength was around 6,500. “We work for cows, the Ganga, and Hindus who need help,” he said.
#DelhiRiots Salim Khan is accused of UAPA charges as #UmarKhalid&others in FIR59. Recently,he told court that all he thinks about in jail is dying&urged them to hear his case.@the_hindu met his family in Yamuna Nagar-wife,2daughters,son.Elder kids have stopped higher edu.(1/n)
Two years ago, in a photograph with his wife, standing near the fridge in his house, Mohammed Salim Khan wore a blazer and had black hair. In a photograph from the jail a few days ago, he has grown bald and his beard has turned grey.
Salim wrote a 12-page summary of his life before jail, the events that led up to his arrest and his time in jail, and sent it to his family a few days ago through another riots accused who has been granted bail. “I was 47 when I came to jail; now, I look like I am 60,” he wrote.