A video of former Indian Parliament member Sikubir Singh Junapuriya has gone viral on social media in which he is seen refusing blankets to Muslim women while distributing them in the Indian state of Rajasthan. In the video, Singh is seen asking the women for their names and instructing his assistants to deny blankets to one of the women after she reveals her Muslim name. He is heard saying that those who insult Prime Minister Narendra Modi have no right to receive blankets. The video shows him later asking the women to leave the area.
According to the police, the affected girl is a resident of Tirupur in Tamil Nadu and is a BA student. She had been living in Bengaluru for the past five months for her education.
The incident comes amidst a string of attacks on Muslims in India, with the Lucknow University administration restricting access to a mosque on campus. A woman’s disappearance was described as “high-risk” and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was involved in the search. However, she was not found.
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