Two Muslim Men Brutally Assaulted in Gujarat and Uttarakhand, Families Demand Justice
Two shocking assaults on Muslim men in Gujarat and Uttarakhand have once again highlighted concerns about communal violence and discrimination against minorities in India.
In the first case, 26-year-old Mohammad Shoaib, a migrant worker from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, was attacked near Surat railway station on August 14 while travelling from Mumbai to Delhi in search of employment, Clarion India reported. According to his family, Shoaib was beaten unconscious by unidentified men after disembarking from a halted train. He later regained partial consciousness on a Delhi-bound train and managed to contact relatives upon arrival at Hazrat Nizamuddin station.
His ordeal worsened when several hospitals in Delhi NCR reportedly refused to admit him without advance payment. Shoaib was finally admitted to Yashoda Hospital, Ghaziabad, after his family deposited ₹4.4 lakh. Activists and community leaders, including Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind’s General Secretary Maulana Hakimuddin Qasmi, condemned both the attack and medical neglect, calling it “a mirror of how Muslims are being treated in the country.” No FIR has yet been registered by Gujarat or Delhi Police.
In a separate incident on August 15, a Muslim truck driver from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, was brutally assaulted in Srinagar, Uttarakhand. Viral videos showed three men beating him, abusing him, and forcing him to chant religious slogans. The driver went missing briefly, alarming his family, before returning home safely. Uttarakhand Police registered Case No. 55/2025 at Kotwali Srinagar and arrested three accused – Mukesh Bhatt, Manish, and Naveen Bhandari – under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNSS).
However, the victim and his family demanded stronger legal action under mob-lynching laws. “The arrests have been made, but strict charges are still missing. We cannot allow such attacks to continue,” the victim said. Saharanpur MLA Umar Ali Khan also visited the driver, condemning the incident as “a grave case of mob violence against an innocent Muslim.”
Rights groups argue these back-to-back incidents reflect a disturbing pattern of targeted assaults and systemic neglect. From denial of medical care to weak police response, activists say Muslims face a “double burden” of economic insecurity and physical vulnerability.
