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Feb 20 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Two Muslim men, Junaid, and Nasir were burnt to death in a car in Bhiwani district of the Indian state of Haryana by #BajrangDal.
The President of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Member of Parliament @asadowaisi addressing a news conference in Telangana said a gang running under the aegis of cow protection killed them.
A 35-year-old daily wage laborer, #MohammadQadeer, succumbed to the injuries he had sustained due to torture by the police. The All India Majlis -e-Ittehadul Muslimeen has demanded that policemen involved in alleged torture of a youth leading to his death be booked for murder.
The #Assam Police shot a 33 year old Muslim youth #ShahAlamTalukdar who is an accused of murder. The police claimed that they killed him after he allegedly tried to escape during investigation.
Nearly, 2,500 #Bengali Muslim families go homeless as govt launches demolition drive, two mosques among bulldozed.
#Islamophobia_in_india has reached its peak. Since #Modi came to power the Muslims are cornered, harassed, attacked, injured, detained, arrested, and killed.

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🔴‘Thread: Nellie Massacre’
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