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The administrator, who has requested anonymity, claims he was receiving death threats over posts on the account that parodied activities of right-wing forces 

Trolls and goons of the Hindutva brigade can rejoice. Humans of Hindutva, the popular Facebook page, that put out parodied accounts of activities of Hindutva right-wing forces and also took satirical digs at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP, will soon be deleted by its administrator, who had apparently had enough of the death threats being issued to him. 

A post made by the administrator, who has requested anonymity for the sake of his life and those of his loved ones, of the Humans of Hindutva Facebook page on his website satyanash.com, says: “I’m quitting out of my own accord. I’ve not been banned or mass reported. I have recently received some threats to my life which I can’t take lightly. I am outnumbered, live in a BJP state and come from a middle-class family with no political or police connections.” 

The Facebook page creator said he has “no desire to end up like Gauri Lankesh or Afrazul Khan” and that “more than myself I worry for the safety of my family.”

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It may be recalled that veteran journalist Gauri Lankesh had been shot dead earlier this year outside her home in Bengaluru by suspected Hindutva right-wing activists. Lankesh was known for her radical views and writings against the BJP and right-wing forces. Her death was part of a series of murders of rationalists and anti-BJP voices that have intermittently occurred across the country over the past few years. Afrazul Khan, a labourer from Bengal, was hacked with an awe and then burnt alive last month in Rajasthan by a man called Shambhulal Regar. Regar even had the audacity of recording the murder on camera and then posting its clip on Youtube, claiming that he had been forced to carry out the gruesome murder because Afrazul was indulging in ‘love jihad’. 

A senior journalist who knows the administrator of the Humans of Hindutva page told India Legal on condition of anonymity that “some right-wing goons had managed to trace the page creator’s whereabouts and contact details… he was being hounded with death threats directed at him, his wife and children and was naturally shaken due to recent incidents where rationalists and those who challenged the pro-Hindutva outfits or mocked Prime Minister Modi have been targeted with violence or death threats”. 

The creator of Humans of Hindutva added in his post on satyanash.com: “I hope those who threatened me consider this as a victory and leave us alone. I have deleted the HOH page and will delete this website soon. Congratulations to Hindutva on winning this David vs. Goliath fight.”

The page, created on Facebook some eight months ago, was hugely popular among secularists, liberals, anti right wing extremist outfits and the ruling BJP due to the satirical posts that were shared on Humans of Hindutva. Similarly, the posts evoked predictably vitriolic and abusive reactions from votaries of Hindutva and supporters of the BJP.

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