‘You are Kaafirs for betraying Islam and supporting the BJP’: Locals attack a Muslim family for backing BJP in Uttarakhand assembly polls

Representative image of a Muslim BJP supporter(Image Source: The Hindu)

The victims, Anees Mian and his family, including 2 children, who lived in a predominantly Muslim neighbourhood in Udham Singh Nagar of Rudrapur, were attacked by locals for supporting the BJP.

A Muslim family of Uttarakhand’s Rudrapur was at the receiving end of their neighbours’ ire for having extended their support to the BJP in the assembly elections that were held earlier this year. According to a report published in News 18, a Muslim family, including children, were severely injured by locals, who accused the family of being “Kaafir” and “betraying Islam” for supporting the BJP in Uttarakhand assembly elections.

The deadly attack against the Muslim family left 4 injured, including a girl who was seriously wounded. 6 people have been booked in the case, five of whom have been already identified by the police. The police have launched an investigation to determine the sixth culprit responsible for attacking the family.

The matter pertains to Udham Singh Nagar of Rudrapur, where a Muslim family was attacked by locals for being associated with the BJP. The victim, Anees Mian Guddu, a resident of ward no.20 Bhoorbangla, is an office-bearer of the BJP. During the assembly elections, his family had strongly backed the BJP candidate, exhorting members of the Muslim community in their area to vote for the BJP. Since then, there is a simmering discontent among the Muslim community against Mian and his family.

This resentment manifested on the evening of April 5, when Mian was attacked by locals while he was in his shop. Parveen Jahan, Mian’s wife, in her statement to the police told that a bunch of fanatic locals accosted her and her husband on the evening of April 5 when the duo was in their shop.

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