Hindu man’s bakery torched over false claim of Muslim ownership
Modi regime’s Hindutva frenzy knows no bounds
Pune: In yet another example of India’s rising religious extremism under the Modi-led BJP regime, a Hindu man’s bakery in Maharashtra was set ablaze by a violent mob simply because it employed Muslim workers, highlighting the dangerous levels of Islamophobia sweeping the country.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the incident took place in Yavat village of Pune district, where a mob attacked the bakery of Swapnil Adinath Kadam, falsely assuming it belonged to a Muslim due to the presence of Muslim employees from Uttar Pradesh. The attack came in the wake of communal unrest following a viral social media post by a Muslim youth.
Without verifying facts, members of a protest rally en route to a mosque began pelting stones at the bakery, tore off its tin roof, and set it on fire with flammable materials. Swapnil Kadam, the actual owner, said the mob acted on baseless suspicion and communal hatred. “They shouted I was Muslim only because my workers were,” he told reporters.
The incident exposes the alarming extent of Hindutva radicalization in India, where not only Muslims but even Hindus face persecution for mere association with the Muslim community. It reflects how the BJP-RSS propaganda has fuelled an atmosphere of intolerance, where livelihoods are destroyed on suspicion and hate.
Local police have launched an investigation, but rights groups fear that rising anti-Muslim sentiment under state patronage continues to endanger social harmony.
Observers warn that such incidents point to a dangerous trajectory, where blind communal hatred—stoked by Modi’s majoritarian politics—has begun devouring the country’s own citizens.
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