Hate posters in Ggm target Muslim workers

Posters threatening Muslim migrant workers to leave and warning that their hutments will be set on fire have triggered panic in some sectors of Gurugram, with police saying that strict action will be taken against those responsible, and Hindu groups saying they had nothing to do with the act

- Leena Dhankhar

The hand-written messages were pasted outside the rooms where migrant workers, many of them Muslims, live in sectors 69, 70 and 71 between 6am and 7am on Sunday. "Vacate the slums within two days else we will set them on fire and they will themselves be responsible for your death," read one such note.

HT visited a slum in Sector 70, where handwritten posters in Hindi were put up, threatening Muslim migrants to leave.

The notices have sparked fear among migrant workers, many of whom have told their employers that they fear a reprisal of the violence on July 31 and August 1, when clashes during a Hindu procession in neighbouring Nuh district spilled over, killing six people and injuring at least 88. Many migrant workers were threatened during that time, and fled the city to save their lives.