US report slams religion-based violence in India

WASHINGTON: Societal violence based on religion continued to be a serious concern in India during 2019 and Muslims and lower-caste Dalit groups continued to be the most vulnerable. The US State Department’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights, released late Wednesday, noted 703 incidents of religious violence in India between 2016-17, in which 86 persons were killed and 2,321 injured. The statistics were provided by the...