Hyderabad, May 31 -- Siasat.com recorded 61 hate crimes across India in April - 49 targeting Muslims, 10 against Dalits and two against Christians. The numbers are consistent with the steady religious and caste-motivated violence that has marked every month of this year.

As in March, the victims were disproportionately Muslim women, children and the elderly, alongside members of the Dalit community. The violence ranged from physical assault to social humiliation. In at least one case, a calculated attempt was made to drive a minority community out of a residential neighbourhood.

A politically consequential month

Chief Ministers of Assam and West Bengal - himanta Biswa Sarma and Suvendu Adhikari

April was an important month for the Bha...