An Indian Kick streamer named Cringistan, on January 27, was seen chanting death threats along with his friends on a livestream. The group chanted death threats to Muslims and blamed them for ‘changing’ India.
In the 72-second clip, the group is seen making aggressive threats towards Muslims, saying ‘I will kill him along with the baby’ and ‘I will kill the child even if he is only one minute old’.
The group continued chanting ‘jai Modi’, ‘long live Modi’ in support of the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
The video went viral immediately after being posted on social media platform, X where it rapidly gained traction amassing over ten thousand views.
Calls for action
X users in India urgently called for police action on the matter under laws against promoting hostility between ethnic and religious groups.
Indian law enforcement has offered rewards to accounts that track hate crimes online.
There has been widespread speculation regarding the nature of the content with some critics calling it genocidal speech and others debating whether or not it’s a form of internet trolling (humor).
Several Indian human rights and cybercrime groups such as Team Rising Falcon, have announced rewards for anyone who can identify the individuals with verifiable information.
The rewards include an X premium plan with a sum of 1000 Indian Rupees.
