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| The leaders say the Hindu soldiers are not afraid to die as they are reborn. (Videos below) |
January 20, 2016, NewsCrunch
An outfit known as Hindu Swabhiman is training Hindus, including children as young as eight years, to fight ISIS.
The `Dharma sena', as the militant force is called, believes that by 2020, ISIS will occupy western UP and has already reportedly trained 15,000 Hindus in over 50 camps in the region.
There are three known training camps in Meerut city and five in Muzaffarnagar district, which train men and women in the use of weapons.
The leaders say the Hindu soldiers are not afraid to die as they are reborn.
The Times of India has a detailed report on the Hindu force, which can add to tensions, in a highly communally sensitive region.
The best quote in the report comes from the IG Meerut Zone, Alok Sharma, who says he has no idea about Dharma Sena.
" We do not have any report on such activity taking place. I will certainly look into the matter,“ he told TOI on Monday .
This is not the first time media has dug deep into Hindu Swabhiman. The Hindustan Times had a report on the rise of the Hindutva warriors in western UP in October 2015. A month later The Quint had documented the group in a three part video series.
That does not seem to be sufficient to wake up the IG and his political masters.