Team Clarion
NEW DELHI — Serial hate offender Kajal Shingala, also known as Kajal Hindustani, has been booked for delivering anti-Muslim hate speech during a recent event in Thane in Maharashtra.
According to the FIR, Hindustani was booked under Sections 299, 302 and 353 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, following a complaint submitted by Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) to the Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra on October 25.
In the complaint, the CJP urged the CEO of Maharashtra to take immediate action against the serial hate offender for delivering inciting and communal speech, highlighting the violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in place ahead of the state elections later this month.
Following CJP’s complaint, on October 29, Wagle Police Station, Thane City booked the hate offender Hindustani along with the organiser of the event Veer Bahadur Yadav for outraging and hurting religious feelings and statements conducing to public mischief.
Kajal Hindustani delivered an inflammatory and anti-Muslim speech at the Rananragini Sammelan on Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg in Thane West on October 19. The event was organised by the right-wing extremist group Sakal Hindu Samaj.
Addressing the gathering, Kajal Hindustani cited unsubstantiated claims of how a Muslim youth brutally murdered a Hindu girl in Delhi. He also called Muslim youths “Jihadists”. She also alleged that the Waqf Boards are waging “Land Jihad” and are illegally grabbing land and trying to turn India into an Islamic State.
Further, Kajal Hindustani hurt the sentiments of the Muslim community by making divisive statements suggesting that Hindus should exclusively purchase goods from Hindu traders. She urged Hindus to display banners of the “Varah” god at their shops, effectively promoting a boycott of Muslim vendors.
Additionally, Hindustani made derogatory accusations against Muslims, claiming they were involved in illegal conversions. She further targeted Christians by referring to them pejoratively as “Father Wala,” as per FIR.
Accusing Muslim and Christian citizens of forceful religious conversion, Kajal Hindustani employed derogatory slurs such as “Chadar Wala” and “Father Wala,” and deliberately propagated the false narratives of “Land Jihad” and “Love Jihad.” These conspiracy theories aim to create divisions and incite fear within communities. Hindustani also targeted Bollywood actors for their interfaith marriages, according to CJP’s complaint.
