Hatred spread by social media videos, an elopement and self-styled guardians of honour. The poisonous mix results in the murder of a man for his religious identity.
The geographical boundary of Sohi, a nondescript village near Pahasu in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr, starts with a narrow irrigation canal brimming with monsoon water. At the juncture where the village road, punctuated with muddy potholes, meets the canal, is a dense mango orchard. The serenity of the orchard and the road snaking through the village are a deceptive façade for a village that has been simmering with communal tension in the wake of an elopement and a mysterious murder.
On the night of April 26, Yusuf, 25, ran away with Sonia, a 20-year old Hindu girl from the neighbouring Fazalpur village. According to Hanifa, one of the 35 Muslims living in Sohi, which has a population of 3,000, the next morning, members of the Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV), an outfit founded by UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, threatened the four Muslim families in the village to “find and hand over Yusuf and Sonia or face death”.
Denne historien er fra July 24, 2017-utgaven av India Today.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent ? Logg på
Denne historien er fra July 24, 2017-utgaven av India Today.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
Killer Stress
Unhealthy work practices in Indian companies are taking a toll on employees, triggering health issues and sometimes even death
Shuttle Star
Ashwini Ponnappa was the only Indian to compete in the inaugural edition of BDMNTN-XL, a new international badminton tourney with a new format, held in Indonesia
There's No Planet B
All Living Things-Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF) returns with 72 films to be screened across multiple locations from Nov. 22 to Dec. 8
AMPED UP AND UNPLUGGED
THE MAHINDRA INDEPENDENCE ROCK FESTIVAL PROMISES AN INTERESTING LINE-UP OF OLD AND NEW ACTS, CEMENTING ITS REPUTATION AS THE 'WOODSTOCK OF INDIA'
A Musical Marriage
Faezeh Jalali has returned to the Prithvi Theatre Festival with Runaway Brides, a hilarious musical about Indian weddings
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
Nikhil Advani’s adaptation of Freedom at Midnight details our tumultuous transition to an independent nation
Family Saga
RAMONA SEN's The Lady on the Horse doesn't lose its pace while narrating the story of five generations of a family in Calcutta
THE ETERNAL MOTHER
Prayaag Akbar's new novel delves into the complexities of contemporary India
TURNING A NEW LEAF
Since the turn of the century, we have lost hundreds of thousands of trees. Many had stood for centuries, weathering storms, wars, droughts and famines.
INDIA'S BEATING GREEN HEART
Ramachandra Guha's new book-Speaking with Nature-is a chronicle of homegrown environmentalism that speaks to the world
