New Delhi : Two separate incidents of mob violence in Gujarat and Uttarakhand have raised fresh concerns about the safety of Muslims in India, with families of the victims demanding stronger legal action and justice, reported the Shiawaves.
In the first case, Mohammad Shoaib, a 26-year-old migrant worker from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, was brutally attacked near Surat railway station on August 14. Shoaib, who was travelling from Mumbai to Delhi in search of work, was reportedly beaten unconscious by unidentified men after stepping off a halted train. He regained partial consciousness on a Delhi-bound train and managed to alert his family after reaching Hazrat Nizamuddin station.
His ordeal intensified when several hospitals in Delhi NCR allegedly refused him treatment without advance payment. He was eventually admitted to Yashoda Hospital in Ghaziabad after his family arranged ₹4.4 lakh. Activists and community leaders, including Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind’s General Secretary Maulana Hakimuddin Qasmi, condemned both the assault and the medical neglect, describing the incident as “a mirror of how Muslims are being treated in the country.” Notably, no FIR has yet been registered by Gujarat or Delhi Police.
In another incident on August 15, a Muslim truck driver from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, was attacked in Srinagar, Uttarakhand. Viral videos showed three men abusing him, forcing him to chant religious slogans, and beating him severely. The driver briefly went missing, causing panic in his family, before returning home safely. Uttarakhand Police registered Case No. 55/2025 at Kotwali Srinagar and arrested three accused – Mukesh Bhatt, Manish, and Naveen Bhandari – under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNSS).
However, the victim’s family has demanded stricter action under mob-lynching laws. “The arrests have been made, but strict charges are still missing. We cannot allow such attacks to continue,” the victim said. Saharanpur MLA Umar Ali Khan also visited the driver and condemned the incident, calling it “a grave case of mob violence against an innocent Muslim.”
Rights groups and activists say these back-to-back assaults highlight a disturbing pattern of targeted attacks against Muslims, compounded by systemic neglect. From denial of urgent medical care to inadequate police response, they argue, India’s Muslims face a “double burden” of economic insecurity and physical vulnerability.
