20% of blocked hate sites managed by Hindu groups: report

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AROUND 20 percent of the web pages, blocked by the Indian government in the aftermath of mass exodus of North East Indians from various parts of the country to their home states,  were uploaded by fundamentalist Hindu groups, a report in today’s Times of India said.

“Doctored images or videos showing alleged atrocities against tribal Bodos by Muslims have been tagged with provocative captions and point to extremist Hindu groups trying to target minorities and fan tensions,” the report said.

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The report claimed sources in government agencies that are involved in scanning the internet and blocking inflammatory web pages as saying the photos and videos of self-immolation were actually that of Tibetans protesting against Chinese occupation. However, the fundamentalist groups used the photos and videos and captioned them as Assamese Hindus being set on fire by illegal migrant Muslims.

A large number of SMSs that spread panic among people from the North East living across India were also generated by fringe Hindu groups, the report said. The SMSs triggered panic among North East Indians and led to a mass exodus of people to Assam, Manipur, Nagaland among other NE states from Pune, Bangalore and Chennai.

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Meanwhile, refugees living in 133 relief camps in Dhubri district of Assam are clueless about when normalcy will return to the trouble-torn state. In Dhubri district there are close to 1,50,000 Muslims in the relief camps. Kokrajhar has 53 camps with 35,290 Bodos and 22,320 Muslim inmates, a report said. In Chirang, there are 23 camps housing 5,702 Bodos and 34,706 Muslims.

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