By ALIZA NOOR
It has been three weeks since the BJP-led NDA won a reduced, yet clear majority in the Lok Sabha elections. In this period there have been a number of communal incidents, lynchings and demolitions in different parts of the country.
Four people were lynched in two separate incidents in Chhattisgarh, one in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh and one in Gujarat. On the other hand, communal unrest and targeted harassment by right wing mobs around Eid-ul-Adha (Bakrid) were reported in different parts of the country.
The Quint has mapped most of these cases in the interactive map below.
Lynchings in Chhattisgarh, UP and Gujarat
1. Raipur, Chhattisgarh: Three Muslim men — Saddam Qureshi (23), his cousin Chand Miya Khan (23) and Guddu Khan (35), were allegedly killed by a mob while they were transporting cattle on 7 June.
While Qureshi and Chand hailed from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Guddu was from Shamli district. Both Chand and Guddu died on the day of the incident. Qureshi succumbed to his injuries almost a week later. According to doctors at Raipur’s Shri Balaji Super Specialty Hospital, Qureshi had been in a coma before he died.
According to reports, four persons including a BJP youth wing leader have been arrested in connection with the case.
Reportedly, several Muslims protested against the lynching of Qureshi, Chand and Guddu.
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