New Delhi: Days after Hindu residents protested a Muslim woman’s purchase of a house in Bareilly, the house’s original seller, Vishal Saxena, wrote a letter to the police saying that locals, in collaboration with Hindutva organisations, had made false allegations around the sale and threatened a mass migration of Hindus from the neighbourhood in order to spread communal disharmony.
Speaking to The Wire, Saxena said: “Some 12 to 15 Hindus had previously come to me in the hope of buying the house, but none of the deals survived because part of a Sufi shrine is just behind the house and Muslims live nearby.”
He added that he did not want the house back. “This is an attempt to spoil the image of the city,” he declared.
While Saxena’s application to the police does not elaborate on the false allegations around the sale of his home, some local residents had earlier claimed that the purchase deal involved an Assamese maulana who was engaged in the illegal possession of a local mosque.
Meanwhile, Shabnam, the Muslim woman who purchased the house from Saxena, and her family have decided to sell the property to any sanatani Hindu who comes forward to buy it. All they demand is an appropriate price.
Just a few days ago, Shabnam bought that house, which is located in Punjab Pura, a predominantly Hindu locality in Bareilly.
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