- Bhushan Athale, a 49-year-old from Dallas County, Texas, was sentenced on June 3, 2025, to 26 months in prison for a federal hate crime and making violent interstate threats against employees of a Sikh nonprofit organization in New Jersey, with three years of supervised release and a prohibition on contacting victims.
- Athale left seven voicemails over an hour at the Sikh organization, expressing hatred toward Sikhs and threatening to injure or kill employees with a razor. On March 21, 2024, he left two additional voicemails with violent, sexual imagery targeting Sikhs, Muslims, and including antisemitic rhetoric. Read More
Menu
