Ghaziabad, June 4 -- It has been a week since Surya Chauhan was allegedly stabbed to death by Asad and his accomplices in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district. The 17-year-old was killed on May 28 in the Khoda region, when India celebrated Bakrid.

The news of the murder of a Hindu boy by a Muslim man spread like wildfire, with the mainstream media and various Hindutva organisations and leaders calling it a direct attack on India's majority. Khoda suddenly turned into a communal hotbed and Surya's mother demanded Ghaziabad Police kill Asad in an encounter.

That's exactly what happened on May 31. Asad was allegedly killed in a police encounter. His family home was bulldozed and the Khoda administration launched an anti-encroachment drive to...