APCR Report Exposes Rajasthan Administration’s Anti-Muslim Bias Through Targeted Border Demolitions

A damning new report from the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) exposes how the Rajasthan administration is systematically targeting Muslim religious sites in border districts. The APCR findings reveal that officials are relentlessly pursuing mosques and graveyards and madrasas. This administrative campaign ignores basic legal standards and tramples on the principles of natural justice. It serves as a direct assault on the constitutional rights and the equal treatment promised to every Indian citizen.

The Scale of Calculated State Misconduct

The APCR report titled Notices Faith and Justice is the product of direct field investigations in Barmer and Jaisalmer and Jodhpur. The APCR investigators confirmed that seventy one notices have been weaponized against religious sites. Sixty three of these cases are in Barmer and eight are in Jaisalmer. These are not administrative errors but part of a calculated and discriminatory campaign along the international border. Already six mosques in Barmer and one in Jaisalmer and multiple shrines in Bikaner have been flattened by the state.

Unfair Tactics and Rushed Legal Procedures

The administration is employing deeply unethical tactics to silence residents. Notices dated June eleven reached the victims only on June seventeen. This left the caretakers with less than twenty four hours to respond or defend their property. Officials sent notices through mobile apps or simply pasted them on mosque walls to evade proper service. When victims arrived for hearings authorities refused to meet them or ignored their written replies. The APCR report highlights this as a deliberate and blatant denial of the fundamental right to be heard.

Weaponizing Land Laws Against Minorities

The government is abusing various land laws as a weapon of state oppression. They are manipulating the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act and the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Rules and the Rajasthan Colonisation Act to justify their actions. Some notices even threatened locals with impossible fines and jail time. However the land records are highly complex and show diverse statuses such as grazing ground or community tenancy. The APCR report argues that using a rigid and uniform approach to destroy historic sites without verifying historical records is a clear abuse of power designed to displace communities.

Gross Violation of Supreme Court Orders

The Rajasthan government is brazenly ignoring clear warnings from the Supreme Court of India. In November two thousand twenty four the top court explicitly ruled that property destruction without a fifteen day notice is illegal. The court declared that bulldozers cannot be used as a tool of punishment or state intimidation. By giving residents less than twenty four hours to act the state is violating these clear orders and breaching the fundamental constitutional rights of its own citizens.

Security Used as a Cover for Discrimination

The state justifies these actions by claiming they are for border security within a fifty kilometer belt. They hide behind the excuse of removing illegal structures. However border safety must never be used as a mask to break the law or target a specific faith. Using national security as a shield to systematically target religious sites is a dangerous and divisive tactic.

Demanding Justice and Accountability

The APCR demands that the government must immediately halt all demolitions while cases are still pending in court. There must be an independent judicial inquiry to investigate why only specific sites are being targeted. Authorities must properly verify all land records and Waqf properties before taking any step. True security is only possible when citizens trust that the law is fair and equal for everyone regardless of faith. The state must prove it serves all people rather than targeting the vulnerable to advance a discriminatory agenda.