Jaipur, A Muslim textile trader was assaulted and humiliated by Hindutva communal forces on a train in Rajasthan, a state governed by the BJP in India. The trader was stripped semi-naked and had his beard forcibly shaved during the incident.

According to Kashmir Media Service, 27-year-old Nadeem Malik, a textile trader based in Mumbai’s Malad area, was attacked while traveling from Mumbai to Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh. The assailants shaved his head and beard, and stripped him to his undergarments. The assault took place between the Bharatpur and Kota stations in Rajasthan. Malik’s ordeal came to light after his family shared a video of the incident on WhatsApp and filed a police complaint.

Malik was later found by his family members in New Delhi. This incident is part of a disturbing pattern of attacks targeting Muslims in India. In a similar event in January 2023, Mohammad Asim Hussain, an aluminum trader, was attacked in a moving train in Uttar Pradesh. He was stripped, beaten with belts, and forced to chant Hindu nationalist slogans. In another incident in July of the previous year, a Railway Protection Force constable killed his senior officer and three Muslim passengers on the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express.