India’s Gurugram, a busy hub near Delhi, sees communal violence, shocking residents

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Residents of Gurugram - with its luxury homes, MNC offices, and golf courses - say there was no Hindu-Muslim hostility before. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NEW DELHI - IT and commercial hub Gurugram, where top multinational companies like Google, Microsoft and American Express have offices, was on edge after a spillover of communal tensions from a neighbouring district.

Dozens of small shops and cars were set ablaze or vandalised, as mobs targeted businesses mostly owned by Muslims – a minority in the district – over Monday and Tuesday. An armed mob about 100-strong attacked a mosque in Gurugram, setting it on fire. Deputy Imam Mohammad Saad was later found dead with multiple stab wounds.

The district in Haryana state is also home to slums and villages where thousands of migrant workers live while taking on roles such as maids, cooks and security guards. The household help and housekeeping staff in his high-rise apartment are migrant workers living in the vicinity, and most had fled to Delhi, fearing further violence, he said.

 

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