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June 2018 Activities of Hindutva Outfits Bajrang Dal Date News Source 1-6- A 61-year-old cattle trader, Hussainabba, was found dead, in Udupi. The The News 2018 family claims the Bajrang Dal had a hand in his death. Minute 4-6- 11 Bajrang Dal activists in Bengal were arrested for their alleged Business 2018 involvement in the murder of BJP workers. Standard 14-6- Bajrang Dal and Sri Ram Sene members stoned a truck in Belagavi over The 2018 false news that the truck is carrying beef meat. Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party Date News Source 5-6- Almost 150 BJP goons broke into Federation of India (SFI) state President, The 2018 Nilanjana Roy's residence in Tripura. Work Journal 9-6- Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Champalal Dewda, from Bagli assembly News 18 2018 constituency, barged into the police station and beat up police constable Santosh Ivanati over an argument between his nephew and the police officer. 23-6- The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) general secretary, Mohammed Anwar NDTV 2018 hacked to death, in Karnataka. He was on his way home when he was stabbed to death by bike-borne assailants near Gauri canal. 26-6- Mohammed Waqar Bhatti, a journalist from Jammu, claimed that he was Free 2018 beaten to pulp by some ‘BJP men’ for giving ample coverage to the Kathua Press rape and murder case. Kashmir 28-6- Ahead of 2019 Indian general elections, interests of the RSS and BJP have Daily O 2018 started to converge as it is not only Modi who needs RSS, but the leadership of RSS also believes that the future of the Sangh Parivar hinges on the BJP. CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC AND CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH 2 June 2018 Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Date News Source 2-6- The son of the owner of a detergent company filed a complaint against The 2018 Rahul Soni, the general secretary of the Ahmedabad city unit of the Times of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, for intimidating him and his family India members an extorting money, and usurious interest from them. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Date News Source 28-6- The RSS inspired by one flag, one leader and one ideology is lighting the News 2018 flame of Hindutva in India. This slogan of one flag, one leader and one Click ideology was directly borrowed from the programmes of the Nazi and Fascist parties of Europe. Shree Rajput Karni Sena Date News Source 13-6- The Shree Rajput Karni Sena has threatened to chop off Rajasthan NDTV 2018 Education Minister Kiran Maheshwari's nose and ears for allegedly equating Rajputs with "rats". Vishwa Hindu Parishad Date News Source 1-6- VHP leader Pravin Togadia’s associate offers Rs 2 lakh reward for Hindustan 2018 thrashing Salman Khan. Times 6-6- Members of right-wing organisations like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) The Times 2018 and Bajrang Dal took to the streets of Meerut in protest after the Nagar Nigam, of India during an anti-encroachment drive, removed an idol kept in a makeshift temple near Gandhi Ashram on Garh Road. 11-6- Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists created a ruckus at the high-security zone of The Siasat 2018 Taj Mahal’s west gate to protest against ASI’s decision to block one of the Daily routes to a 400-year-old temple. 14-6- The western entrance of cultural heritage of India, Taj Mahal was ABP Live 2018 vandalised by activists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC AND CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH 3 June 2018 14-6- The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal have been classified as Live mint 2018 militant religious outfits in the recently updated World Fact book published by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 25-6- The VHP indicated it may restart its movement for Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Hindustan 2018 saying the organisation will consult saints on the “future course of action” if the Times Supreme Court does not give its verdict on the issue in next three to four months. Violence against Dalits Date News Source 3-6- 34 persons from Yadav caste, faces arrest who had allegedly torched the The Times of 2018 huts of people from Mahadalit community (Dalits) at Malikpur village. India 4-6- 120 Dalits from Haryana's Jind district have converted to Buddhism The 2018 over non-fulfilment of their demands including making SC/ST Act more Economic stringent. Times 8-6- A forty-eight-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly attacked by a The Times of 2018 member of the Darbar community, for sitting on a chair at the panchayat India office. 13-6- A 62-year-old Dalit farmer and his 20-year-old son were hacked to First Post 2018 death by members of the dominant caste over land dispute. 15-6- Two minor Dalit boys were stripped and paraded naked through a The Economic 2018 Maharashtra village and beaten up for allegedly using a well belonging Times to an upper caste man. 22-6- A 62-year-old Dalit farmer was allegedly burnt alive by four members New Indian 2018 of a family over a land dispute. Express 25-6- Another Dalit atrocity has come to the fore in which a middle-aged man New Indian 2018 was allegedly beaten by the kin and aides of a village sarpanch when he Express was passing before the sarpanch’s house on a motorbike. 26-6- Four persons belonging to upper caste were booked for attacking a The Indian 2018 barber for cutting hair of Dalit. Express CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC AND CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH 4 June 2018 26-6- 25 members from five Dalit families in Baghpat district of Uttar DNA India 2018 Pradesh renounced Hindu faith because of untouchability and discrimination, and embraced Buddhism. 29-6- Dalit youth was shot dead in a Bihar village during a clash over dancing Times of India 2018 at a wedding. Multiple Hindu Outfits Date News Source 6-6- The first one to be arrested in the Lankesh murder case tells police that Bangalore 2018 Gauri Lankesh, was anti-Hindu and had to be killed. Mirror 11-6- Hindu extremist groups protest against Priyanka Chopra over Express 2018 controversial Quantico episode which features an Indian group planning Tribune an attack in Manhattan with the intention of blaming it on Pakistan. 22-6- A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly uploading on YouTube First Post 2018 a video of a communal clash. 22-6- The case of an interfaith couple who said they faced religious prejudice Al Jazeera 2018 and harassment by an Indian passport official has spurred outrage about growing religious hostility in India. 28-6- According to the Special Investigation Team, a clear pattern of uniting the The Quint 2018 radical elements within various Hindu right-wing organisations resulted in the murder of the Gauri Lankesh. 28-6- According to the SIT, Gauri's killers planned to eliminate actor Prakash The Quint 2018 Rai upon criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP on the public platforms. CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC AND CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH 5 .