Udaipur, Mangaluru raised questions of bias in hate crime probes. We study 12 cases since 2014

ThePrint investigates hate crimes where Hindus and Muslims were killed, the charges, arrests, and the status of the court trials.

By Tanushree Pandey

The ISIS-style beheading of Kanhaiya Lal Teli, a tailor in Udaipur, by two Muslim men, exposed the depth of communally driven hatred in India. And although people across all religions condemned the brutal murder, it became a leitmotif of sorts, evoking sympathy for the plight of Hindus.

A large section of the public accuses the system of favouring Muslims. As national attention shifts to the three religious killings in Karnataka’s Mangalore from last week, ThePrint examines claims of biases in criminal prosecution and justice. We track 12 widely reported hate killings since 2014.