New Delhi, Jun 24: In an apparent case of communal hate crime, five Muslim men on board a train from Delhi to Mathura were attacked by other passengers, resulting in the death of one.
The incident took place on Thursday evening between Okhla and Asoti in Haryana, a distance of about 60 km. The four injured said: At Khaddawli, a small village in Haryana’s Faridabad district, the attackers repeatedly called them “anti-nationals” and “beef eaters”, threw their skull caps on the floor, caught their beards and taunted them with terms such as “mulla”.
“Junaid (16) was stabbed to death, while his brothers Hashim (21) and Shaqir (23) were injured. Singh said the condition of Shaqir was “serious”. “One person has been arrested in this connection,” deputy superintendent of police, Faridabad Government Railway Police (GRP), Mohinder Singh said.
Mother’s gift
It was on Wednesday evening that Junaid and Hashim attained the title of a “Hafiz” after investing over three years to memorize the Quran by heart and got Rs 1500 as a reward from their mother.
It was their first Eid after becoming Huffaz and they wanted to look their best. To celebrate and shop, they planned a visit to Delhi’s Jama Masjid and promised to return before sundown. One of the two could not.
“Junaid was so happy that he will be formally felicitated for their achievement on Eid. Since Ramadan started, he and Hashim had been reciting the Quran everyday at the mosque. They wanted to look good, so they specially went to purchase a new set of clothes to Jama Masjid. Their mother asked them to fetch the best sewaiyan and sweets to be served on the festival. He promised to reach home early, but what reached home was his dead body. How could those men be so cruel to have pierced my son’s body like that,” Jallaluddin, Junaid’s father, said.
“He was a child. He was just 16. How could they hate us so much to have killed him so brutally? When I reached the spot, my son Hashim was sitting on the station with Junaid’s body soaked in blood in his lap,” he added, even as he was being consoled intermittently by fellow villagers in Khadwali, Haryana.
Jallaluddin had reached Ballabgarh station to pick up his sons so that they could go to open the fast together, but when he reached the train had already left.
“Sakir (Junaid’s elder brother who boarded the train at Ballabgarh after being informed about the attack) called me saying that he was going to the station to pick up the boys. He asked me to come to the station as well. He never told me that there was a problem. When I reached the station, the train had already left. When I could not locate the boys I called Sakir, he also did not take the call. Junaid and Hashim too did not pick. I thought the boys must have left. What did I know that they were fighting for their life,” he said.
Saira, Junaid’s mother, was oblivious to the news of her son’s death. Till Friday morning she was not informed about it. When the women from the village started visiting her to console her, she wondered why they were there.
“Women kept coming and asking me about Junaid. I wondered why they were referring to him in the past tense. No one ever told me that he was no more. How could they hide it from me,” she said, fighting back her tears.
“I got to know only when his body returned home this morning. When he did not reach home last night, I kept asking his father about his whereabouts but no one answered me,” she said.
Saira said she will never be able to celebrate the festival of Eid. “This time it was special. My sons became the Huffaz. The preservers. And a day later I lost him. How can this be justified. How am I to cope up with this loss?”
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Dear Modi Govt;
Please arrange a war between Indian Govt and Indian Muslims. I wont call it war between Hindus and Muslim, coz i saw many hindus who are peace lovers and they love us (Muslims). Its the Indian Govt to provoke some unemployed hindus to do so (Kill, assault) for such silly reasons. If the govt takes very strict action for any small crimes and these ppl will not have any guts to attempt even minor crimes
Let it be decided for 1 final time. Either you kill us or let us show our power. No need of killings of muslims each day.
Now the water level is crossing the neck.
Jai Hind
all fabricated stories and these fake victimisation is used to lure people for global and street jihad against govts . people are not fool to hack someone to death like this . there might be some genuine reason.
Ranjan.. definitely people are not fooling but yes they are mad!! Have you learned about jihad? do you know what it is? Ok, leave it to their history, what about these mad people's action what you would like to call this heinous act? Over smart or crime? are you from India? you trust and respect law and order? If yes, then what is your opinion?? If no, you are anti-Indian citizen taking law in the hand! can you please imagine such incidents if it could happen with your, beloved brother, son, or any other close family members what will be the pain and reaction? If cannot feel the pain, then ask your mother if you hacked to death the way they did to him what will be her trauma and agony or ask your wife!
I don't think you are staying in Al Ain if yes, you will not write such comments because you know how much this Islamic country giving you the facilities, safety, peaceful life. Punishment for crime is equal to one and all.
so be matured and become good human at least. Muslims don't like to spoil peaceful environment it does not mean they are useless.
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