{"id":200245,"date":"2026-05-11T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T06:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=200245"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T06:00:46","slug":"mosques-muslim-homes-meat-shops-targeted-in-bengal-after-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/05\/11\/mosques-muslim-homes-meat-shops-targeted-in-bengal-after-polls.html","title":{"rendered":"Mosques, Muslim homes, meat shops targeted in Bengal after polls"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New Delhi: The Association for Protection of Civil Rights has documented 34 cases of violence against Muslims in West Bengal between May 4 and May 7, 2026, following the BJP\u2019s electoral victory.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, the APCR report cites two fatalities, including a Muslim man killed while protecting a mosque in Gosanimari, Cooch Behar. Cooch Behar and North 24 Parganas reported seven incidents each, while South 24 Parganas and Kolkata saw five each.<\/p>\n

At least 54 properties were attacked, affecting around 50 Muslims. Mosques were assaulted, Muslim-owned hotels in Barasat demolished, homes vandalised in Nandina and Abutra villages, and meat shops and cattle markets targeted. The report also noted \u201cbulldozer processions\u201d and attempts to rename Muslim-associated roads. APCR said the findings, compiled through local sources, point to a broader climate of hostility rather than isolated incidents. No official response from state authorities or the BJP had been issued at the time of publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Delhi: The Association for Protection of Civil Rights has documented 34 cases of violence against Muslims in West Bengal between May 4 and May 7, 2026, following the BJP\u2019s electoral victory. According to Kashmir Media Service, the APCR report cites two fatalities, including a Muslim man killed while protecting a mosque in Gosanimari, Cooch …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":200246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/Masq-homes.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200247,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200245\/revisions\/200247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}