Muzaffarnagar, Feb. 28 -- Hindutva workers allegedly opposed a Muslim man from buying a house in the predominantly Hindu locality of Gaushala Pashmi in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district.

Ali Hasan had recently bought the property and claimed that groups of extremists have since been visiting his house, coercing him to leave the locality.

"In the recent past on different occasions a group of individuals, four to five known and 15-20 unknown individuals came to my house and forcefully asked us to leave the place and threatened us with dire consequences," Hasan told The Hindu.

The workers reportedly accused the Muslim man and his family of 'house jihad,' a term used in Hindutva narratives that alleges Muslims deliberately attempt to ...