GURUGRAM: Out to celebrate the laying of foundation stone of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, various organisations went ahead painting Gurugram saffron for the day.
While it remained a jubilant celebration in various pockets, tension gripped Jama masjid area in Sadar bazaar where a Nuh resident was brutally thrashed by a mob on suspicion of carrying beef a few days ago.
Out to celebrate the ‘historic’ day, various Hindu outfits and local trader associations went ahead not just putting saffron balloons but even started playing high volume music today morning raising slogans against cow slaughter and empowered Hindu etc.
Scared of a tiff, the local meat sellers and other traders chose to keep their shops shut.
“We are still not out of shock of what happened that day. The man was thrashed brutally with hammers and police stood spectator at ‘naka’. The accused have not been arrested so we are scared of any crime of prejudice. We had a meeting and all Muslim traders decided to shut shops,” said Omar, a local meat supplier.
“They started instigating us with music and slogans playing on loudspeaker. They even put balloons on our shops at night. We are not against anything but it’s our choice our shops. We approached our leaders and they asked us to avoid any trouble or controversy so as
they planned celebrations and marches we decided to shut shops,” added another trader Bismil Qureshi.
“This is a regular feature in the BJP regime and day by day the humiliation and threat to Muslim community is rising even in a metropolis like Gurugram. There is no fear of law and communal crime is not taken seriously. The traders are scared as local Hindu outfits came to
harass them and majority of times no action is taken. The recent attempted mob lynching has left us all scared and police should have been more cautious while allowing playing of instigating music or marches in the site where Nuh resident was attacked,” said Nuh MLA Aftab Ahmed.