evidence: The report notes that a crucial aspect of these processions’ strategy of inciting violence is that both Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti occurred last year during the holy month of Ramzan (as they do this year, too), which was used to provoke Muslims when they were present at mosques in large numbers in the mornings or evenings, as well as to paint Muslims uniformly as assailants in the popular discourse. This fed into the cycle of violence and the Islamophobic mood across the nation, further fomenting unrest. [...] First, in the PM Basti area of Howrah, West Bengal, ten people, including police officials were injured, public property vandalised, stones pelted, and police vehicles were set on fire on Ram Navami last year, according to the report. The report explains that the violence allegedly erupted due to a provocative speech in the primarily Muslim neighbourhood by a VHP procession that contained armed participants. [...] According to a report by Hindustan Times, first information reports have been registered against 12 men, all of whom are Muslims, as well as 400 unidentified persons, for allegedly rioting, assaulting and unlawfully assembling during the Ram Navami procession. The report doesn’t refer to any police action against the act of provocation by the procession members, or even mention the facts of the provocation that led to the stone-pelting.