South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

Bijapur, April 19 : Four  Indian police personnel were injured after Naxal rebels opened fire on a police camp in Indian state Chhattisgarh. A group of Naxals opened fire on the Jaigur police camp situated under the Kutru police station limits in Bijapur district, a senior official  Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj  told  media men. 

 Amravati (Maharashtra), April 19 : Curfew was clamped after members of two communities pelted each other with stones over the removal of religious flags in Achalpur city in Amravati district of Indian state Maharashtra. The police responded by firing tear gas shells, officials said.  Additional Superintendent of Police, Shashikant Satav, said that 22 persons from both the groups have been taken into custody after the incident. The exact number of injured persons is not known yet.

 Srinagar,April 19: An Indian paramilitary soldier  was killed and 12 others were injured in an accident in Srinagar city,in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The accident took place when  there was a collision between Indian paramilitary  vehicle truck and  L.P truck near IQ Mall Hyderpora of the city.  Twelve Indian paramilitary personnel and a civilian were injured in the accident while later, one of the paramilitary personnel succumbed to injuries.  

 NEW DELHI , IndianApril 19:  Amid allegations of partial actions against Muslims, Delhi Police on Monday filed a case against the members of Hinduva Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal Delhi for taking out a procession without permission on April 16 in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area. 

Srinagar, April 18: Indian forces arrested two youth in two different districts in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 

Hubballi, April 18 :The Indian authorities have ordered  prohibitory orders in Hubballi city in Indian Karnatka state. The city has been turned into a virtual fortress to avoid any untoward  anti –Muslim incident. The violence started after an objectionable photo appeared on social media in the midnight. 

 BHOPAL India,April 18:  A group of Muslim clerics in Bhopal  have decided to approach the Indian states Madhya Pradesh High Court against the state government’s bulldozer drive following the recent communal violence in Khargone and Barwani districts.

 Jammu, April 18:  The chief education officer of Jammu ordered the suspension of a master and four teachers of Government Middle School, Pounthal, in Gandhi Nagar zone in Jammu district in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

 Washington, April 18 : the United States (US) State Department for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Robert A. Destro expressed his concern over human rights violations in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir and in India against Minorities. The report carries details of the human rights violations committed in the occupied Kashmir, said the State Department official on the release of Human Rights Report 2021. 
 

 Palakkad (Kerala), April 16: The Hindutva members of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) killed a Muslim  political activist in Indian state Kerala.The local leader of the Popular Front of India (PFI),Subair, 43,   was  hacked to death in front of his father  when they were returning home after offering prayers in a nearby mosque at Elappully in Palakkad district .