Breitbart said that about 2.5 lakh people...
“Is lakh a new unit of measure being introduced by Breitbart.”
Lakh is a unit in an Indian numbering system equal to 100.000.
Muslims always say such nice things about other religions, so I can see why their little feelings are so hurt.
Defined in the article.
The Breitbart site has, apparently, decided that proofreading is out of vogue. More and more, I am seeing in their articles obvious errors like the one you cite.