By ALIZA NOOR
(Trigger Warning: This story contains some graphic details. Proceed with caution).
Twenty-three year-old Salman Vohra had only gone to watch a cricket tournament match in Chikhodra, Gujarat on 22 June. He ended up being mercilessly beaten to death.
What happened in the case?
Speaking to The Quint, his uncle Noman Anwar Vohra said:
“He had just gone to watch the final cricket match. No one would have thought this will happen. He just got married two months ago; his wife Mashira is also a month-pregnant.”
Salman was a resident of Polson compound in Gujarat’s Anand and worked in the garment business.
Locals say that tensions had begun even before the match because Muslim players were doing very well in the tournament and this didn’t go down well with a section of pro-Hindutva locals.
According to activist Aasim Khedawala, many of the players who did well in quarter finals and semi-finals were Muslims. Apparently even in the final, one team mostly comprised of Muslims and the other team also had 2-3 Muslims.
The organisers had warned that a there could be a communal confrontation because of this and many of the Muslim players also said that they didn’t feel safe.
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