Bhagwa Love Trap : Conspiracy to attack Hindu men and Muslim women exposed
Report by pro-Hindu news website OpIndia
(Photo Credits: OpIndia)
New Delhi – Several dozen videos have surfaced on social media wherein a mob of religious fanatics are seen harassing, abusing and assaulting Hindu-Muslim couples under the pretext of combating the ‘Bhagwa Love Trap.’ Opindia had documented over 50 cases of real-life attacks on Hindu men and their female Muslim partners/friends by these extremists over the past several months in the name of combating the ‘Bhagwa Love Trap’.
1. According to a report published by ‘OpIndia’, Hindus never hide their identity and lure someone into the trap of love. However, Muslims were instigated through WhatsApp groups under the fictitious name of ‘Bhagwa Love Trap’.
2. OpIndia has claimed that the ‘Behen Beti Bachao’ group has over 150 members. The group description reads, “Keep giving suggestions in the group about ways to protect our (Muslim) sisters and daughters from saffron/Hindu terror”. The WhatsApp group’s display picture (DP) featured burqa-clad Muskaan, the Muslim student who shot to fame for yelling ‘Allah hu Akbar’ in front of a group of Hindu students during the infamous Karnataka hijab row. Although the group carries out vigilantism in India, two of its members are from Pakistan. Several religious fanatics, who are part of the ‘Behen Beti Bachao’ group, regularly share Pakistani propaganda content surrounding the ‘Bhagwa Love Trap.’ The religious fanatics primarily were carrying out their operations in Maharashtra but have plans to expand to the rest of India.
3. The Islamists shared a leaflet, falsely claiming that 10 lakh Muslim women are being converted to Hinduism each year by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS). The propaganda-laden material also alleged the conversion and marriage of 800 Muslim women to Hindu men in Amaravati city of Maharashtra. (Religious fanatics are defaming pro-Hindu organisations by spreading such information! – Editor)
4. Several members of the ‘Behen Beti Bachao’ group are actively involved in the doxxing of Hindu-Muslim couples. They seek information on such inter-faith couples and later use it to carry out a witch-hunt. A source told Opindia, “Personal information about Hindu-Muslim couples shared in groups such as Behen Beti Bachao are sent by the admins to their ‘Strike Teams.’ They carry out a recce of the targets, locate their whereabouts and ambush them in a coordinated fashion.”
5. An Islamist associated with the ‘Behen Beti Bachao’ group, by the name of Wahid Maniyar, recently revealed the modus operandi of those carrying out doxxing, harassment and real-life attacks on Hindu men and Muslim women.
In a video shared by him, a man was heard explaining how religious fanatics find the address of Hindu-Muslim couples using the marriage register website of the Maharashtra Government. The website allows the public to search for couples being married under the Special Marriage Act of 1954. To make things worse, the present and permanent addresses of the individuals are accessible to everyone. Thus, prospective Hindu-Muslim couples are at risk of real acts of violence (and not just limited to social media bullying).
6. Invites for joining such groups are frequently shared on ‘Behen Beti Bachao’ with the aim of amplification and dissemination of content revolving around the ‘Bhagwa Love Trap’ conspiracy theory. Those groups include ‘Islamic History’ and ‘Only Islamic Group Links.’
7. Besides, there are public Facebook groups dedicated to the cause of fear-mongering and creating hysteria around inter-faith couples. Opindia found one such group named ‘Muslim ladkiyon ka group join karein’ and has a whopping 20 Lakh members.
.@MPPoliceDeptt This extremist is running a vigilante campaign on social media against this inter-faith couple, who supposedly eloped from their home.
If anything happens to them, then this Twitter handle @ahaq84958 is to be responsible. https://t.co/Y1rGtmrnET pic.twitter.com/y06mdjQ4a1
— Dibakar Dutta (দিবাকর দত্ত) (@dibakardutta_) May 26, 2023
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