Location: Gaur City 2, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh Date: December 17 Members of Gau Raksha Dal assaulted a cart vendor for using the name “Raju” for his business, which the victim said was what he is known as. They accused him of “thook jihad,” beat him, and demanded identity proof.

Location: Gandhinagar, Gujarat Date: December 18 Municipal authorities demolished a dargah (shrine) along the Pethapur-Randheja Road, alleging it to be an illegal encroachment. The Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation had reportedly issued a notice, asking to produce valid documents for the same.

Location: Koaprgaon, Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra Date: December 17 Far-right cow vigilantes destroyed a car allegedly carrying beef or buffalo meat after intercepting it.

Location: Malkaganj, North Delhi, Delhi Date: December 17 Members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad raided a convenience store and accused manager of supporting “love jihad,” “terrorism,” and “Bangladeshis” for selling halal-certified products at store, & threatened to remove them immediately.

Location: Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Date: December 15 Hindu Raksha Dal leader Sonu Sharma & his team raided an interfaith couple living together, alleging that the man had trapped woman in a case of “love jihad.” The man was assaulted and later handed over to the police for further investigation.

Location: Oshiwara, Mumbai, Maharashtra Date: December 14 Bajrang Dal members disrupted a Christian prayer service, clashed with worshippers, and vandalised property. Police intervened and took the members into custody.

Location: Narayangaon, Pune, Maharashtra Date: December 12–14 Bjarang Dal ​​cow vigilantes vandalised a car allegedly carrying meat after the occupants were handed over to the police. They then used a bulldozer to destroy the vehicle and buried the seized meat.

Location: Seoni, Madhya Pradesh Date: December 12 Cow vigilantes affiliated with the Pranin Foundation intercepted a truck transporting cattle alleging it was being smuggled. They assaulted and detained two drivers and later handed him over to the police.

Location: Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra Date: December 5 Hindu Janajagruti Samiti members organised an anti-‘love jihad’ protest and submitted a memorandum to the District Magistrate demanding immediate implementation of an anti-‘love jihad’ law.

Location: Kolkata, West Bengal Date: December 11 BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari felicitated the three men arrested for assaulting non-vegetarian food vendors, including a Muslim vendor, at the December 7 Gita Recital event, shortly after they were released on bail.

Location: Nagar road, Pune, Maharashtra Date: December 8 Far-right cow vigilantes thrashed cattle transporters, alleging they were selling the cows for slaughter.

Location: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Date: December 4 Cow vigilantes affiliated with the Gau Raksha Dal intercepted a truck transporting cattle, alleging it was being smuggled, and detained the driver, warning, “Either you stop or you will be beaten up.”

Location: Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra Date: December 7 At the Vishwa Hindu Parishad – Bajrang Dal’s Shaurya Diwas event, a speaker spread the conspiracy of ‘love jihad’ and claimed only the Bajrang Dal can stop ‘love jihad’, religious conversion, and cow slaughter.

Location: Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra Date: December 7 At a protest against the conspiracy of ‘love jihad’, far-right groups led by the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti demanded that the government enact a strict law to curb it.

Location: Waluj, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra Date: December 7 Far-right cow vigilantes threatened a rickshaw driver in Waluj, hit him, and seized the meat he was transporting. They physically assaulted him before confiscating the meat.

Location: Malabar Hill, Mumbai, Maharashtra Date: December 6 Former Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha president Raj Saraf accused Muslim hawkers of the conspiracy of ‘land jihad’, pressured authorities to act, and had the vendors handed over to the police as their stalls were removed.

Location: Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra Date: December 8 Led by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and BJP leader Kamlesh Katariya, Hindutva groups submitted requests in District Magistrate offices across Maharashtra urging the government to enact strict laws against ‘love jihad’.

Location: Godhra, Gujarat Date: November 27 A Muslim man transporting beef on his motorcycle was assaulted by Pranian Foundation members. He was left bleeding on the road, his motorcycle lay overturned, and both the vehicle and meat were seized before he was taken into custody.

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra Date: November 30 A Christian woman distributing Gospel pamphlets on a train was verbally abused and ordered to leave by commuters. She faced harassment as passengers shouted at her and forced her to stop distributing the pamphlets.

Location: Haridwar, Uttarakhand Date: November 26 Authorities demolished a 25-year-old mazar (shrine) and a madrasa, alleging that they were built on government land. The demolition was carried out under heavy police deployment, with the SDM present on-site to maintain order.

Location: Bhagwanpur, Haridwar, Uttarakhand Date: December 4 Authorities carried out a demolition drive in Shaheedwala Grant village, targeting a mazar. Officials claimed that the structure, attributed to Naseem Bano, had been built without authorization & that prior legal notices had been issued.

Location: Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Date: December 3 Members of VHP-Bajrang Dal forcefully shut down meat stores and threatened the vendors, declaring that meat won't be allowed in Mathura.

Location: Basudevpur, Bhadrak, Odisha Date: December 3 Police raided the settlements of Bengali-Muslim migrants to identify alleged “Bangladeshi infiltrators.” Officials said their documents would be verified and that they would also check what the residents search and watch on YouTube.

Location: Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Date: December 3 Ahead of the upcoming Shourya Yatra to commemorate the Babri demolition, VHP–Bajrang Dal members put up posters carrying the slogan: “Ayodhya hui hamari hai, ab Mathura ki baari hai” (“Ayodhya has become ours; now it is Mathura’s turn.”)

Location: Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Date: November 30 Members of VHP-Bajrang Dal forcefully shut down meat stores and threatened the vendors.

Location: Jafrabad, Jalna, Maharashtra Date: November 21 A long chase by Bajrang Dal cow vigilantes caused a truck to crash; the vigilantes captured the driver and handed him over to the police.

Location: Narsinghgarh, Madhya Pradesh Date: November 26 Pranian Foundation cow vigilantes beat up a cattle transporter on top of a truck before police arrived and dragged the victim away.

Location: North Dum Dum, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal Date: November 25 At a public meeting promoting an upcoming Geeta Path event by the Sanatan Sanskriti Sansad, a speaker alleged rampant religious conversions and urged VHP–Bajrang Dal members to visit those areas and “solve those issues.”

Location: Gokulpuri, Delhi Date: November 27 Hindu nationalist supporters forcibly evicted meat sellers and shut down their shops, citing the presence of a nearby temple.

Location: Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh Date: November 27 Authorities conducted a demolition drive near the Jama Masjid locality, alleging them to be illegal encroachments outside the shops. Heavy police deployment accompanied the operation as officials cleared the occupied space.

Location: Hudkeshwar, Nagpur, Maharashtra Date: November 17 Bajrang Dal members caught two Hindu men transporting cattle, accused them of smuggling, stripped them naked, and paraded them through the market. The vigilantes seized the cattle and vehicle before handing the men over to the police.

Location: Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh Date: November 25 Members of AHP–Rashtriya Bajrang Dal held a rally, brandishing and worshipping swords and other weapons, in support of far-right religious preacher Dhirendra Shastri’s Sanatan Hindu Ekta Padyatra.

Location: Kalanaur, Rohtak, Haryana Date: November 25 Cow vigilantes affiliated with the Gau Raksha Dal intercepted a vehicle transporting cattle and detained the driver, alleging that the cattle were being smuggled for slaughter.

Location: Andheri, Mumbai Date: November 19 A far-right individual harassed a man and a young woman for praying to Jesus at a railway station, filmed and intimidated them, accused the man of promoting Christianity and engaging in forced religious conversion.

Location: Sabarmati, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Date: November 22 Bajrang Dal members forced Muslim vendors to vacate the area because of their faith; one member called them “Vidharmis” and ordered them never to return. The Muslim men agreed under pressure, packed their goods, and left.

Location: Savli, Vadodara, Gujarat Date: November 16 Parnian Foundation cow vigilantes, led by founder Neha Patel, raided a meat shop. Patel interrogated the workers on camera, alleged the meat was beef, buried the seized meat, and ensured all three men were sent to jail.

Location: Samba, Jammu & Kashmir Date: August 9 Cow vigilantes brutally assaulted a cattle transporter, dragged him across the ground, and vandalised his vehicle.

Location: Kalapur, Raigad, Maharashtra Date: November 10 Cow vigilantes thrashed four cattle transporters, vandalised their vehicles, seized the cattle, and handed the injured men over to the police.

Location: Gossaigaon, Kokrajhar, Assam Date: November 16 Members of AHP-Rashtriya Bajrang Dal staged a protest over the elopement of an interfaith couple, describing it as a case of “love jihad” and demanding that the girl be brought back.

Location: Borivali-Padgha, Thane, Maharashtra Date: November 15 Cow vigilantes grabbed a Hindu cattle transporter by the collar, threatened him with violence, ignored his pleas that he was not a butcher, and seized his cattle.

Location: Solapur, Maharashtra Date: November 11 Cow vigilantes from the Shiv Gorakshak group stopped a Muslim man transporting beef to a hotel. They made him kneel on the floor and slapped him repeatedly.

Location: Palwal, Haryana Date: November 11 During the Santan Ekta Padyatra, far-right influencer Kajal Hindustani called on Hindus to trade only with Hindus and to give employment exclusively to Hindus.

Location: Faridabad, Haryana Date: November 8 During the Sanatan Hindu Ekta Padyatra procession, Dhirendra Shastri (Bageshwar Dham Sarkar) raised the slogan “tel lagago dabur ka, naam mita do babur ka” (Apply Dabur’s oil, erase Babur’s name).

Location: Palwal, Haryana Date: November 10 During the Sanatan Hindu Ekta Padyatra, Dhirendra Shastri (Bageshwar Dham Sarkar), along with attendees and religious leaders, took a pledge to make India a “Hindu Rashtra” and to stand united against “love jihad” and religious conversions.

Location: Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra Date: November 10 Cow vigilante Shobhraj Patil assaulted a Muslim cattle transporter and abused seven others as they sat on the ground. Patil hurled anti-Muslim slurs, slapped and kicked one of them, and was stopped by other vigilantes from the Bajrang Dal.

Location: Subodh High School, Amravati, Maharashtra Date: November 5 ​​At a Sakal Hindu Samaj event, far-right journalist and public speaker Pushpendra Kulshrestha spread the conspiracy of ‘love jihad’ through an anecdote while referring to Pahalgam terror attack to spread hate against Muslims.

Location: Vadgaon, Malegaon, Maharashtra Date: November 3 Cow vigilantes from the Pranian Foundation chased down a car carrying cattle in a dangerous high-speed pursuit. After forcing it to stop, they made the drivers sit on the ground and filmed a triumphant vlog celebrating their “capture.”

Location: Rishikesh, Dehradun, Uttarakhand Date: November 2 Swami Anand Swaroop, founder of the Kali Sena, while attending a protest against alcohol and meat stores in Rishikesh, stated that he wants Uttarakhand to be free of “meat, alcohol, and Muslims.”

Location: Hisar, Haryana Date: November 4 Cow vigilante Ranvir Suthar assaulted a vendor selling non-vegetarian food for keeping his shop open on a Tuesday and forced him to chant “Jai Shri Ram.”

Location: Ludhiana, Punjab Date: November 2 Cow vigilantes affiliated with Gau Raksha Dal raided a Biryani shop, alleging it was selling beef. The shopkeeper was detained by the vigilantes and handed over to the police.