Social media platforms circulated a video clip showing the Indian police forces targeting a Muslim farmer with their weapons, then continuing to abuse him when he fell to the ground, and a photojournalist shared it, during the displacement of thousands of Muslims in the northeastern state of Assam.

And media sources in Assam reported that about 20,000 of the Muslim minority were displaced from their homes after the authorities' decision to remove residential neighborhoods for Muslims on the pretext that they were built on state-owned land.

The Indian forces shot Muslim peasants who protested against the evictions and displacement. In these events, two farmers were killed and others were wounded.

A widely circulated video showed Indian police targeting a protester, whom authorities said was named Muin al-Haq.

The man fell to the ground unmoving, with a spot of blood on his body, but that did not stop a number of policemen from beating him with batons, and they were joined by a photojournalist who stepped on his body.

The video caused an uproar at the popular level, and was condemned by activists and human rights activists on social media platforms.

'Terror Force' of fascist, communal & bigoted Govt.

shooting at its own citizens.

Also, who is the person with camera?

Someone from our 'Great Media' orgs?

The appeal of these villagers, against eviction, is pending in the High Court.

Couldn't the Govt wait till court order?

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— Ashraful Hussain (@AshrafulMLA) September 23, 2021

Jackboots!#brutalkilling #innocentkilling #assamese #criminalmedia #policebrutality https://t.co/FMwNORgGWR pic.twitter.com/aIs3Pfg0GU

— Mir Suhail (@mirsuhail) September 23, 2021

What protocol orders firing to the chest of a lone man coming running with a stick @DGPAssamPolice @assampolice ?

Who is the man in civil clothes with a camera who repeatedly jumps with bloodthirsty hate on the body of the fallen (probably dead) man?

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— Kavita Krishnan (@kavita_krishnan) September 23, 2021

Lawyer Anas Tanweer said, "This is a terrible thing. It must be shown to the world and to the courts."

Jurist Ashraf Hussein commented in another tweet, saying that "the forces of the fascist, sectarian and fanatical government are shooting their citizens. Also, who is the owner of the camera? Someone from our major media."

"These villagers' appeal against the eviction is still pending in the Supreme Court. Can't the government wait for the court's order?" he added.

police response

On the other hand, the Director General of Assam Police said on Twitter that he was assessing the situation on the ground, and announced that "the cameraman who was seen assaulting an injured man in a trending video has been arrested."

He added that he had instructed the CID to investigate the matter on the instructions of the Chief Minister of Assam.

Currently in Sipajhar, taking stock of the ground situation.


The cameraman who was seen attacking an injured man in a viral video has been arrested.

As per wish of Hon.

CM @himantabiswa I have asked CID to investigate the matter.


Cameraman Bijoy Bonia is in @AssamCid 's custody.

— DGP Assam (@DGPAssamPolice) September 23, 2021

This came in the midst of a legal controversy over the government's right to demolish 4 mosques and hundreds of Muslim homes in 4 areas with an area of ​​hundreds of hectares.

The government of Narendra Modi is still facing accusations of persecuting Muslims in India, and practicing discrimination against them.

In his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan accused his Indian counterpart of wanting to "eliminate India's Muslims".

"The worst and most prevalent form of Islamophobia currently prevails in India," Khan added in his video address, and said it affects nearly 200 million Muslims living there.

On the other hand, the First Secretary of the Indian Mission to the United Nations, Sneha Dube, responded to Khan by accusing Pakistan of harboring Osama bin Laden, who was killed by US special forces in 2011 in a raid on the city of Abbottabad.

Pakistan has also been accused of violence against minorities.