LONDON: Hindu groups have rejected a new SOAS-led report into the 2022 Hindu-Muslim Leicester riots which seeks to blame Hindus and “Hindutva” for much of the violence, saying they have serious concerns about its impartiality, funding and panel composition.
The Hindu Community Organisations Group (HCOG) Leicester, which represents over 50,000 Hindus, said the vast majority of Hindu groups had boycotted the “Independent Commission of Inquiry”, led by SOAS University of London, LSE and the Monitoring Group, which published its report, titled “Better Together”, on Monday. The report states itself that it received funding from the Open Society Foundations.
