Muslims in Uttam Ngr plan to leave for Eid
India, March 18 -- Several Muslim families living in Uttam Nagar's Hastsal village are planning to leave the locality until the situation normalises, ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival this weekend. They told HT that communal tensions and threats made by religious groups over the murder of a man in a fight between two families from different communities on Holi have left them fearful. The Delhi Police, meanwhile, said it is holding meetings with residents and that nobody they spoke to shared such plans. Jameel Ahmad, 55, said he and his family have lived in Uttam Nagar for more than 50 years. "We are all scared because we have seen leaders say they will play 'Khoon Ki Holi'". The initial clashes occurred on March 4 when an 11-year-old girl t...
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