Earlier this month, a 26-year-old Hindu youth Tarun Kumar was beaten to death in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area following a dispute triggered by an accidental splash of coloured water during Holi celebrations.
The victim was allegedly attacked by a group of people after a water balloon thrown during Holi festivities led to an argument between two neighbouring families in the JJ Colony area of southwest Delhi.
As reported in Times of India, according to police and accounts from the victim’s family, an 11-year-old girl from Tarun’s family was playing Holi on the terrace of her house and threw a water balloon aimed at her father standing below. The balloon fell on the road instead and splashed coloured water on a woman from a neighbouring Muslim family. The incident reportedly triggered an argument between members of the two households.
Family members said the dispute appeared to have been settled after an apology from Tarun’s family earlier in the day. However, tensions escalated later in the evening.
Police said Tarun was returning home on his motorcycle after celebrating Holi with a friend when he was allegedly stopped by a group of around 15 to 20 people. The group reportedly assaulted him with iron rods, bricks, stones and other objects.
When Tarun’s relatives and others rushed to intervene, they were also attacked during the clash. Eight people were injured in the violence, including Tarun’s father, Memraj, and his uncle Ramesh, police said.
Tarun sustained critical injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died during treatment the following morning. Police confirmed that his death resulted from injuries sustained in the assault.
But as expected, Congress trivialises the whole issue and removes the communal colour of this murder.
Congress leader Pawan Khera shared a 4-minute monologue on his X handle late evening of 17 March 2026. He referred to the killing as a “fight between two people,” thereby downplaying the seriousness of the incident.
In the video, Khera said, “Friends, whenever a festival comes in this country – be it Holi, Eid, Christmas, Hanuman Jayanti, or Ram Navami, we all want to celebrate it joyfully, with friends, with family, and spread happiness in society. That used to be the purpose of festivals. But over the last 10–12 years, an atmosphere has been created where; if it is Hanuman Jayanti, then one must dance outside a mosque, blast huge DJs, and harass people; if it is Christmas, then one must go to a church, create chaos, and vandalize it. It seems like an entrance test for BJP – whoever uses the most hate speech, harasses those with caps and beards, lynches them, raises disgusting slogans, and speaks in a language of hatred, that person rises higher in the BJP. Just a few days ago it was Holi. In Uttam Nagar, Delhi, a fight broke out between two people – a man named Tarun was murdered, he died. After that, the RSS and BJP inflamed the entire incident so communally that today people are seen marching on Delhi’s streets saying ‘there will be a bloody Eid’ and ‘Muslims will be wiped out’ and Delhi Police is sitting silently as a mute spectator.”
He further said, “Brother, what are you waiting for? Do you want an atmosphere like 2020? Do you want riots again? Why don’t you stop them? Why are you letting this kind of atmosphere grow? In Varanasi, people were arrested for holding an Iftar. In Pune, people doing Iftar were attacked and injured. In Madhubani, Bihar, a fasting woman was forced to drink urine and then beaten so badly that she died. What kind of atmosphere is this? And there is another new trend – new lovers of Israel are roaming around on streets, on social media, in the media. Hey, do you know how old India’s relationship with Iran is and why? Do you have any idea in what circumstances and why India stood with Palestine, and how India gained such a great stature in the world? India gained that stature because it walked on principles. Today, from top to bottom, look at the government, in the party, in BJP, everyone has become a lover of Israel. They are saying ‘Israel is our fatherland.’ Fine, it may be your fatherland, but we have no expectations from the Prime Minister. The seeds of hatred that the RSS has sown for many years have now grown into a huge tree. Narendra Modi’s government is its protector, and it is bearing fruit too. And wherever communal election tension rises, BJP’s graph also climbs. So, we have no expectations from them. As I said, the Prime Minister himself climbed these very stairs to reach where he is,so let him be. But our request to Delhi Police and officials is do not let these walls of hatred grow so tall that our real identity, the identity of this country, the identity of this civilization, gets buried beneath them. This is a test; not just for the police, not just for governments (let them be). This is a great test for you and me, for Hindus. Will we allow our religion to be sold into the hands of these worthless people? Into the hands of people like the Sangh? Have we given them the contract for our religion? Will we save our religion? The whole world is watching this test, and we have to pass it. We must not let this civilization fail. We must not let our heritage fail. We are fully confident, together we will confront these hate gangs, and send them back again to their barracks in Nagpur. Jai Hind.”
Congress leader Pawan Khera calls Uttam Nagar lynching of hindu man Tarun on Holi as just a fight between two people.
Goes on to target hindu festivals, RSS and BJP for polarising the atmosphere.pic.twitter.com/LuewDCPtjF
— Megh Updates 🚨™ (@MeghUpdates) March 17, 2026
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