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Clashes erupted between two communities in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district on Sunday, 12 February, after a right-wing mob allegedly broke into a Muslim man’s residence at Munshi Chowk in Dubey Colony, placed a Hanuman idol, and began worshipping it.
The mob, reportedly led by Ravindra Avhad, a former councillor candidate in Khandwa’s Padamkund ward, allegedly broke into Sheikh Asgar’s house, installed the Hanuman idol, and started performing religious ceremonies.
Speaking to the media, Asgar claimed that he was attending a wedding when he got to know that some men had broken into his house. He said that he bought the house nearly three months ago and completed all the paperwork on 18 January.
Confirming that clashes had erupted in Khandwa, Vivek Singh, police superintendent of the district, told the media that “this might have been done deliberately,” and that some police personnel, including the city superintendent, sustained injuries in the clashes.
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