Muzaffarnagar Fact-finding Report

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Communalism and the Role of

the State: n !nvestigation

into the Communal

"iolence in #uzaffarnagar

and its ftermath

Report

December, 2013

Prof Mohan Rao (JNU), Prof Ish Mishra (DU),

Ms Pragya Singh (Journalist) & Dr Vikas Bajai (JNU)


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Communalism and the Role of the State: n !nvestigation into

the Communal "iolence in #uzaffarnagar and its ftermath

$able of Contents

Communalism and the Role of the State: An Investigation into the Communal Violence in Muzaffarnagar

and its Aftermath .........................................................................................................................................1

Communalism and the Role of the State: An Investigation into the Communal Violence in Muzaffarnagar

and its Aftermath .........................................................................................................................................2

Tale of Contents .................................................................................................................................... ....2

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................!

"#ectives of our visit: .................................................................................................................................$

Summar% of the findings ..............................................................................................................................$

&ho suffered the most ............................................................................................................................$

Conditions at the relief cam's and im'act of dis'lacement ....................................................................(

Role of the state and communal organizations in relief measures ..........................................................)

Role of the 'olice in 'reventing * aetting communal violence ..............................................................+

Is it ,at versus Muslims or -indus versus Muslims ................................................................................./

Attitude of ,ats to0ards Muslims .......................................................................................................... ./

&hat Muslims felt ......................................................................................................................... ..........

etailed findings ..........................................................................................................................................

The ostensile genesis34illings at 5aval ..................................................................................................

-er other com'laint 0as that the famil% is not eing 'ermitted to ste' outside the village. There

are three 6rovincial Armed Constaular% 76AC8 men 'osted at their house. 9The 'olice and

administration is eing forced not to ta4e the right action against the accused. Till no0 I 0as not

scared of going to college or outside the house ut no0 I am; she said. .................................... .... 1 6 a g e


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r"fug""s ar" liing 3" also isit"# Moha"#ur Raisingh an# 4ussainur illag"s $h"r"

killings o''urr"# on -'to*"r 1/ 5"n *"for" it a"ar"# in th" r"ss $" ha# l"arnt that th"

Saaj$a#i Party go"rn"nt of Uttar Pra#"sh $as aking Muslis sign affi#aits forf"iting

th" right to r"turn to th"ir illag"s an# all l"gal 'lai o"r th"ir ioa*l" ro"rty in or#"r to

aail of fi" lakh 'o"nsation aount 3" foun# this #istur*ing an# $ant"# to 'h"'k th"

"ra'ity of this

%bjectives of our visit:

0 !o in"stigat" th" rol" of stat" ag"n'i"s in "ith"r r""nting or 'ontaining iol"n'", in

taking aroriat" uniti" a'tions against th" guilty an# also to in"stigat" so" in'i#"nts

of 'ounal iol"n'"

. !o in"stigat" th" rol" of th" go"rn"nt in roi#ing r"li"f an# r"ha*ilitating th"

#isla'"# an# th" rogr"ss a#" in #isla'"# "ol" going *a'k to th"ir illag"s an# ho"s

1 !o un#"rstan# "'onoi', so'ial an# oliti'al r"asons that l"# to th" r"'"nt sat" of

'ounal iol"n'" in this ar"a of 3"st"rn Uttar Pra#"sh

3" 'onstitut"# a t"a of four "rsons6 Dr Ish Misra $ho t"a'h"s Politi'al S'i"n'" in 4in#u

7oll"g", D"lhi Uni"rsity, Dr Mohan Rao, Prof"ssor, 7"ntr" for So'ial M"#i'in" an#

7ounity 4"alth, JNU Dr Vikas Bajai, PhD S'holar, 7"ntr" for So'ial M"#i'in" &

7ounity 4"alth, JNU an# MsPragya Singh, Journalist !h" t"a isit"# th" ar"a on

No"*"r 8th an# 0/th So" "*"rs of th" t"a also isit"# "arli"r an# again lat"r on

No"*"r .9 !his t"a $as also assist"# *y Dr Su*hash !yagi, Prof"ssor of :"ograhy,

Ma'hra 7oll"g", M""rut an# Pra""n Raj !yagi, Prin'ial :r""nlan# Pu*li' S'hool, Duhai,

:ha%ia*a#

It is oft"n #iffi'ult to i"'" fa'ts tog"th"r in a sur'harg"# atosh"r" $h"r" fa'ts ar" oft"n *uri"#

un#"r th" h"a of roagan#a, $ith narrati"s r""at"# so oft"n an# roagat"# so $i#"ly that

list"n"rs *"li"" th" to *" fa't ;u"stions ar" n"ith"r rais"# nor allo$"# to *" rais"# -ur task

$as all th" or" #iffi'ult as th" har# "i#"n'" of th" in'i#"nts $as #iffi'ult to 'o" *y< $" ha"

th"r"for" r"frain"# fro #ra$ing 'on'lusions $h"n su'h $as th" 'as"

Summary of the findings

Who suffered the most

!h" o"r$h"ling $"ight of "i#"n'" oints to$ar#s th" fa't that Muslis ha"

#isroortionat"ly *""n at th" r"'"iing "n# of th" 'ounal orgy that s$"t Mu%affarnagar

#uring th" onths of S"t"*"r an# -'to*"r ./01 in t"rs of loss to lif" an# ro"rty an#

#isla'""nt of "ol" fro th"ir ho"s an# illag"s 2s "r th" inforation aaila*l" fro

th" SSP (S"nior Su"rint"n#"nt Poli'"=s) offi'" a total of >. "ol" #i"# in th" 'ounal

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#istur*an'"s of $hi'h 19 $"r" Muslis an# 0> $"r" 4in#us (though $" 'oul# not g"t th"

foral *r"ak?u of th" 4in#u #"aths, *ut th"r" ar" strong r"asons to *"li"" that th"s" $"r"

alost "@'lusi"ly of th" Jats) 3hil" #"aths aong th" 4in#us took la'" in th" iol"n'"

that "nsu"# th" Jat Mahaan'hayat at Nangla Man#aur on AthS"t"*"r, th" Musli #"aths

ha" tak"n la'" in #iff"r"nt illag"s o"r a "rio# of ti" in u'h or" lann"# atta'ks

Non" of th" Jat #"aths $"r" th" r"sult out of iol"n'" g"n"rally #ir"'t"# against 4in#us, *ut

$"r" of th" Jats $ho $"r" r"turning for th" Mahaan'hayat an# $ho #"li*"rat"ly rook"#

th" Muslis $hil" assing through th"ir ar"as illag"s !h"r" ar" no r"orts of Jats an# th"

4in#us oth"r$is" liing in th"s" ar"as illag"s *"ing atta'k"# *y Muslis

2s "r unoffi'ial sour'"s as any as 0//,/// Muslis ha# *""n #isla'"# fro th"ir ho"s

$hil" *y th" ti" of our isit th" go"rn"nt a'kno$l"#g"# that >/,8>> "rsons ha# *""n

#isla'"# $ho $"r" a''oo#at"# in 00 r"li"f 'as 2 total of >C/ IRs ha" *""n

r"gist"r"# in riot?r"lat"# in'i#"nts, in $hi'h aroun# E/// "ol" ha" *""n na"# !h"oli'" stations in'lu#" Jansath, Fot$ali, Sisauli, Nayi Man#i, Shahur, Bhu#ana, Bhoa,

Bhaura Fala, Phugana, M""raur an# Mansoorur 2t r"s"nt a t"a of . SPs, C DSPs, >/

Ins"'torsSu* Ins"'tors ar" inol"# in th" in"stigation of 'as"s

Conditions at the relief camps and impact of displacement

!h" 'on#itions of th" r"li"f 'as isit"# *y th" t"a $"r" ath"ti' to say th" l"ast !h"

'as $"r" in th" for of t"nts it'h"# 'los" to "a'hoth"r "ith"r in th" lo'al a#arsas (as in

Bassi Falan) or "ty lots of lan# (lik" in Shahur illag") !h" 'as $"r" *"r"ft of any

'ii' a"niti"s $orth th"ir na"

In t"rs of #isla'""nt fro th"ir ho"s in th" n"ar*y illag"s this aount"# to loss of

s"'urity of a roof o"r th"ir h"a#, l"a#ing to in'r"as"# "@osur" to anti?so'ial "l""nts

"s"'ially of th" young girls an# f"al"s !his has l"# to in'r"as"# $orri"s for th"

ar"nts r"gar#ing th" saf"ty of th"ir 'hil#r"n "s"'ially th" a#ol"s'"nt girls an# 'oul# in

all lik"lihoo# *" th" r"ason for a nu*"r of arriag"s young girls that ha" *""n r"ort"#

fro th"s" 'as

Disla'""nt has also "ant a loss of li"lihoo# for any of th" riot aff"'t"# Musli

faili"s liing in th" 'as Most of th"s" faili"s ar" of artisans or "tty tra#"rs $ho

ar" fin#ing it #iffi'ult to 'arry on $ith th"ir tra#" un#"r th" 'ir'ustan'"s an# ar" no$

totally #""n#"nt on gi" a $ays Goss of s"'urity of th"ir ho"s, li"lihoo#s an# th"

ins"'urity r"gar#ing futur" is 'ost h"ay $ith r"s"'t to th" "#u'ation of th" 'hil#r"n of

aff"'t"# faili"s, "s"'ially of girls

2lost all th" faili"s int"ri"$"# at th" 'as r"ort"# that th"y #i# not $ant to go

*a'k to th"ir ho"s as th"y f"ar"# for th"ir li"s !h" "ol" r"sonsi*l" for killing th"ir

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*r"thr"n, looting an# #"stroying th"ir ro"rty $"r" still at larg" an# *ra%"nly oing

aroun# in th" illag"s, th"y sai#

Role of the state and communal organizations in relief measures

!h"r" is a n"ar total a*s"n'" of stat" ag"n'i"s in th" r"li"f "fforts ount"# for th" riot

i'tis -n th" fa'" of it th" r"li"f 'as ar" *"ing organi%"# *y r"ligious 'ounal

(as *"longing to a r"ligious 'ounity) organi%ations of th" Muslis aong $hi'h th"

Jaait Ul"a?"?4in# $as th" ost roin"nt 3hat""r, littl" r"li"f $as roi#"# *y th"

stat" ag"n'i"s "arli"r $"r" also rout"# through th" 'ounal organi%ations of th"

inority 'ounity !h" "arli"r r"ort on Mu%affarnagar riots *rought out *y th"

H7"nt"r for Poli'y 2nalysis= uot"s th" #istri't agistrat" as saying that th"

a#inistration $as roi#ing r"li"f to th" i'tis through th" r"ligious organi%ations of

th" inority 'ounity as th"y $"r" *"tt"r osition"# to roi#" su''or an# 'ofort th"

i'tis

It $as sai# *y offi'ials of th" a#inistration on No"*"r .9 that all #isla'"# "rsons

ha" "ith"r gon" *a'k to th"ir ho"s or ha" *""n r"s"ttl"# "ls"$h"r" 4"n'", n"ith"r #o

any r"li"f 'as "@ist on offi'ial r"'or#s as on #at", nor is any r"li"f *"ing roi#"# *y

th" go"rn"nt to th" riot?#isla'"# "rsons In fa't, th" 'as 'ontinu" to "@ist ""n

aft"r $ith#ra$al of stat" suort an#, as "r stat""nts of r"si#"nts in th" 'as, th"y ar"

*"ing in'r"asingly r"ssuri%"# to a'at" th" 'as at th" "arli"st, "s"'ially if th"y ha"

a''"t"# go"rn"nt 'o"nsation along $ith its atta'h"# 'on#itions

!h" stat" go"rn"nt has announ'"# a 'o"nsation of Rs 0. lakh to th" faili"s $ho

lost th"ir kin in 'ounal iol"n'" an# a 'o"nsation of Rs > lakh to thos" #isla'"#fro th"ir ho"s 4o$""r, as "r th" affi#ait to *" sign"# *y th" *"n"fi'iari"s, th"

'o"nsation of Rs > lakh is 'on#itional to follo$ing '"rtain string"nt t"rs $hi'h

in'lu#"6

!hat ys"lf an# "*"rs of y faily ha" 'o" l"aing our illag" an# ho"

*"ing t"rrori%"# #u" to iol"nt in'i#"nts in illag" an# we will not now

return to our original villageand home under any circumstances

!hat th" lusu finan'ial h"l *"ing gi"n for y faily *y th" go"rn"nt $ill

only *" us"# *y " to r"ha*ilitat" y faily By this on"y I $ill li" $ith y

faily oluntarily arranging for r"si#"n'" at aroriat" la'" elsewhere

!hat in th" 'on#ition of r"'"iing lusu finan'ial h"l aount, ys"lf or

"*"rs of y faily will not demand compensation relating to any damage to

any immovable property in my village or elsewhere

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!h" faili"s at th" 'as r"ort"# nu"rous #iffi'ulti"s in aailing of th" rois"# r"li"f su'h

as #iffi'ulty in un#"rstan#ing th" languag" of th" offi'ial #o'u"nts an# th" fors r"uir"# to *"

fill"#, arranging i#"ntifi'ation a"rs for o"ning of *ank a''ounts un#"r 'ir'ustan'"s $h"n

th" i'tis fl"# fro th"ir ho"s $ith irtually no *"longings an# th"ir na"s *"ing issing in

th" list of 'laiants

It $as also r"ort"# that as u'h as Rs ./,/// $as *"ing 'oll"'t"# *y th" lo'al r"li"f

'oitt""s fro thos" r"'"iing 'o"nsation in li"u of th" ho"s to *" *uilt for th"

Role of the police in preventing / abetting communal violence

!h"r" ar" t$o instan'"s h"r" that ar" in#i'ati" of oli'"=s la@ity or ""n 'oli'ity in th"

killing of Muslis that took la'" in Mu%affarnagar

!h" first in'i#"nt is that of ;ut*a illag" on th" S"t"*"r A, in $hi'h "ight "ol" $"r"kill"# *y a o* 'orising of "ol" fro th" illag" its"lf !h"s" killings took la'"

although oli'" "rsonn"l $"r" ost"# in th" "ry sa" illag" at th" ti" of th"

in'i#"nt !h" oli'" "rsonn"l r"fus"# to roi#" any rot"'tion to th" i'tis, an# in

fa't, ar" r"ort"# to ha" lo'k"# th" Muslis $ho aroa'h"# th" for h"l in th"

illag" ra#han=s hous"

!h" s"'on# in'i#"nt is of th" killing of thr"" Musli youth on -'to*"r 1/ in

Mohaa#ur Raisingh illag" !his in'i#"nt is th" lat"st ajor "iso#" of 'ounal

killing in Mu%affarnagar aft"r th" S"t"*"r rioting 2 oss" of oli'""n ar" r"ort"#

to ha" *""n r"s"nt in this illag" too, $h"n th" killings took la'" !h" oli'" 'laisthat it $as r"s"nt at th" far "n# of th" illag", a$ay fro $h"r" th" in'i#"nt o''urr"#,

an# so #i# not kno$ of th" in'i#"nt 4o$""r, th" fa't that th" Jats f"lt fr"" to 'oit

th" ur#"rs $hil" th" oli'" $as station"# in th" illag" its"lf s"aks of th" kin# of

r"straint that oli'" has *""n a*l" to "nsur"

Many r"ss r"orts no$ say that th" Muslis $ho ha" gon" *a'k to th"ir illag"s ar"

*"ing r"ssuri%"# to $ith#ra$ 'olaints against "rsons th"y ha# na"# in IRs !h"

ra#han of 4ussainur illag" infor"# in a t"l"honi' 'on"rsation on th" D"'"*"r

0. that no furth"r arr"sts ha" tak"n la'" in th" ur#"rs of thr"" youths fro his illag"

that took la'" on -'to*"r 1/ at Mohaa#ur Raisingh 4" furth"r infor"# thatoli'" is also a''"ting *ri*"s to $"ak"n th" 'as"s against "rsons na"# in IRs

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Is it Jat versus Muslims or Hindus versus Muslims?

It has *""n r"ort"# that lo$"r 'ast" 4in#us also arti'iat"# in atta'ks on Muslis along

$ith th" Jats in #iff"r"nt illag"s 4o$""r, th" Muslis $ho $" int"ri"$"# in th" r"li"f

'as f"lt that $h"r""r th" lo$"r 'ast" 4in#us a't"# against th" it $as un#"r th" r"ssur"

of th" Jats as th" Jats $"r" th" #oinant 4in#u 'ast" in th" ar"a an# th" lo$"r 'ast" 4in#usha# littl" otion *ut to follo$ th" #iktat of th" Jats

-n isiting th" illag"s, th" #istin't 'ast" hi"rar'hi"s $"r" o*s"r"# in th" stru'tur" of th"

illag"s, an# also in t"rs of th" inol""nt of #iff"r"nt 'ast"s in th" #"'ision aking

ro'"ss"s or "@al" in th" 1> *ira#ari an'hayat that $as 'on"n"# in Mohaa#ur

Raisingh on th" No"*"r 0/, r"r"s"ntati"s of all th" u"r 'ast"s $"r" init"# *ut non"

fro th" lo$"r 'ast"s

It is however noteworthy that no communal violence has been reported from any of the

Muslim dominated villages in the district. Simultaneously, there were Jat dominated

villages where the Jats took up the responsibility of protecting their Muslim brethren.

Some of such villages were Kheda Gani, Garhi ovabad, Garhi Jaitpur and Kurawa.

Attitude of Jats toards Muslims

3" 'oul# not fin# any r"ors" aong th" Jats for th" suff"ring *"ing fa'"# *y th" Muslis

!h"y rath"r h"a"# insult to th" injury of Muslis as r"fl"'t"# *y th" follo$ing6

3ithout r"gar# to th" is"ra*l" 'on#itions in th" 'as Jats sai# that Muslis

ha" l"ft th" illag"s lur"# *y th" gr""# of Rs > lakh 'o"nsation announ'"# *y th"

go"rn"nt for #isla'"# faili"s an# that th"r" $as no thr"at to th"ir lif" or ro"rty in

th" illag"s

!h" +Muslis $"r" sho$ing ""n joint faili"s liing un#"r on" roof as s"arat"

faili"s in or#"r to 'lai or" 'o"nsation

!hat Muslis ha# th"s"l"s #"stroy"# th"ir ro"rty an# inflat"# th" 'lai"#

loss"s to #"an# or" 'o"nsation

!h"r" $as no r"gr"t ""n for loss of lif" on art of Muslis or "@al" $ith

r"s"'t to Fa$al in'i#"nt it $as sai# that +$hil" th" inol"# 4in#u faily lost th"ir only

son *ut th" loss of lif" of th" Musli *oy $as in'ons"u"ntial to th" faily as h" ha#any si*lings

!h"s" 'o"nts $"r" a''oani"# *y th" or" g"n"ri' 'o"nts r"s"r"# for Muslis

"g that th"y #i# not follo$ faily lanning an# ha# larg" faili"s an# th"ir loyalti"s to th"

'ountry $"r" sus"'t +!h"y $ant to r"#u'" us to inoriti"s in our o$n 'ountry it $as

ass"rt"# an# that ? +irst th"y $ant"# Pakistan, no$ th"y $ant an in#""n#"nt Fashir an#

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ha" #ri"n out all th" 4in#us fro Fashir !h" sa" thing $ill ha"n h"r" in a f"$

y"ars It $as r"arka*l" that th"s" 'o"nts $"r" r""at"# in alost th" sa" $or#s *y all

th" Jats $" "t irr"s"'ti" of th" #istan'" that s"arat"# th"ir illag"s !his is ro*a*ly

in#i'ati" of a $"ll?organi%"# 'aaign o"r a "rio# of ti" to$ar#s 'ounali%ing th"

atosh"r" in th" "ntir" ar"a

What Muslims felt

Muslis $" sok" to in th" 'as an# in so" illag"s $"r" at a loss to fatho th"

i'iousn"ss $ith $hi'h th"y ha# *""n atta'k"# *y th" "ol" fro th"ir o$n illag"s $ith

$ho th"y ha# li"# "a'"fully for so long In so" illag"s +th"y $"r" 'has"# out *y Jat

*oys 'arrying s$or#s an# ja"lins !his along $ith th" fa't that any of th"ir atta'k"rs $"r"

roaing fr"" s"""# to ha" 'onin'"# th" of th" futility of ""r r"turning to th"ir illag"s

4o$""r, so" "rsons in th" 'as #i# t"ll that th" atosh"r" in th" ar"a ha# *""n

itiat"# for ast so" ti" K Hi%a khara* k" ja rahi thi= So" f"lt that BJP $as 'l"arly*"hin# this turn of ""nts an# r"'all"# that th" BJP r"si#"nt Raj Nath Singh ha# att"n#"# th"

Jat Pan'hayat h"l# E onths *a'k at Fut*a illag" K th" illag" $h"r" fro a@iu

nu*"r of Muslis $"r" r"ort"# kill"# 5"n $hil" going to an# $hil" r"turning fro th"

aha?an'hayat h"l# on th" Athof S"t"*"r at Nangla?Man#aur roo'ati" slogans su'h as

K HMusalanon k" #o hi sthan K Pakistan ya ka*ristan= an# HNar"n#ra Mo#i Lin#a*a#= ?

$"r" rais"# $hil" assing through Musli illag"s an# in front of Ma#arsas

Detailed findings

!he ostensible genesis"#illings at $aval

!h" "rution of iol"n'" *"t$""n Muslis an# Jats in this ar"a ost"nsi*ly start"# $ith an

in'i#"nt in Faal illag", a Musli ajority illag" in Mu%affarnagar #istri't -n 2ugust .9,

./01, t$o Jat youth fro Malikura Majra, right n"@t to Faal , a''ost"# a Musli youth na"#

Shahna$a% an# kill"# hi !h"s" t$o young "n, Sa'hin Malik an# :aura Malik, $"r" lat"r

kill"# *y th" "ol" ass"*l"# th"r" !h"r" ar" 'onfli'ting "rsions r"gar#ing th" "@a't 'ours" of

""nts $hi'h l"# to th"s" killings !h"s" "rsions ha" also a"ar"# in th" r"ss 2''or#ing to

on" "rsion th" "ntir" in'i#"nt $as on a''ount of Shahna$a% +"" t"asing Sa'hin=s sist"r an#

:aura=s 'ousin $ho hail"# fro Malikura Majra -n th" oth"r han# th" IR r"gist"r"# *yShahna$a%=s fath"r against th" t$o Jat *oys, Sa'hin an# :aura, stat"s that th" fight $as o"r a

otor'y'l"

It is also r"ort"# in th" Minoriti"s 7oission r"ort on th" Mu%affarnagar riots that th" fath"r

of Shahna$a% tol# th" Minoriti"s 7oission (M7) t"a on S"t"*"r 08 that th" r"al issu"

$as of a inor a''i#"nt inoling 'ollision of a otor'y'l" $ith *i'y'l"s !his is also th" story

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u*lish"# in TheStatesman.Shahna$a%=s fath"r also tol# th" M7 t"a that his son us"# to $ork

in 7h"nnai an# $as only isiting th" faily 4o$""r, $hat is no$ 'oonly stat"# $as that it

$as r""ng" for th" +""?t"asing *y Shahna$a%

-n" of our t"a "*"rs 'oul# ho$""r ""t th" girl fro Malikura $ho is "ntion"# in th"

'as" !h" follo$ing is h"r "rsion of th" story6

Sh" all"g"# that Shahna$a% us"# to +a*us" h"r (+gali deta tha) as an# $h"n sh"

ass"# through Faal on h"r $ay to 'oll"g", an# that this $as a r"gular

o''urr"n'" 4"r *roth"r or fath"r us"# to a''oany h"r fro ti" to ti" as a

saf"ty r"'aution -n 2ugust .9, th" #ay this fight took la'", sh" $as in a *us

an# h"r *roth"r $as $ith h"r Shahna$a% a*us"# h"r again as th"y ass"# through

Faal 2t this o"nt, h"r *roth"r Sa'hin got #o$n fro th" *us to 'onfront

Shahna$a% Sa'hin=s 'ousin :aura $as also stan#ing *y (though it is not kno$n

$h"th"r h" $as in'i#"ntally th"r" or as "r a rior lan) !h" t$o tog"th"r

a''ost"# Shahna$a% +I #on=t kno$ $hat ha"n"# aft"r that, sh" sai#

4"r oth"r 'olaint $as that th" faily is not *"ing "ritt"# to st" outsi#" th"

illag" !h"r" ar" thr"" Proin'ial 2r"# 7onsta*ulary (P27) "n ost"# at th"ir

hous" +!h" oli'" an# a#inistration is *"ing for'"# not to tak" th" right a'tion

against th" a''us"# !ill no$ I $as not s'ar"# of going to 'oll"g" or outsi#" th"

hous", *ut no$ I a, sh" sai#

:i"n th" $ay things ar" it is "ry #iffi'ult to 'o"nt authoritati"ly on th" "@a't s"u"n'" of

""nts unl"ss th"r" is a through "nuiry into th" $hol" in'i#"nt 4o$""r, on" thing that""rg"# fro our int"ra'tion $ith "ol", *oth th" Jats an# th" Muslis, is that ha# th"

a#inistration an# th" oli'" a't"# $ith so" $is#o an# r"solut"n"ss th" su*s"u"nt turn of

""nts 'oul# sur"ly ha" *""n r""nt"#

It shoul# ho$""r *" not"# that th" s"@ual harass"nt of young $o"n is raant in th"

'ountry, an# arti'ularly in UP !h" Faal in'i#"nt $as on" su'h in'i#"nt, *ut it $as "ff"'ti"ly

roagat"# an# gi"n a 'ounal 'olour *y 'ounal for'"s th"s"l"s #""ly atriar'hal an#

not kno$n for th"ir 'oit"nt to g"n#"r justi'"

Mor"o"r, this "ntir" in'i#"nt shoul# *" la'"# in th" 'ont"@t of th" fa't that this ar"a of UP has

r"'"ntly *""n kno$n for Jat Fha an'hayats "n#orsing ur#"rs of girls fro th" r"gion an#

th"ir sous"s, shoul# th"y stray fro th" +nors s"t *y th" Fhas D"s'ri*"# as +honour

killings, th"y ha" init"# 'on#"nation *y th" Sur"" 7ourt !his ar"a is also kno$n for a

st"""r rat" of s"@ s"l"'ti" a*ortions an# infanti'i#", $ith s"@ ratios or" sk"$"# than *oth th"

national an# stat" a"rag" !h" o"rall S"@ Ratio in this #istri't is A90 f"al"s to 0/// al"s

$hil" th" a"rag" in th" stat" of UP is A8A f"al"s to 0/// al"s !h" 7hil# S"@ Ratio in this

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#istri't is AE1 girls to 0/// *oys against all In#ia figur" of 808 girls to 0/// *oys as "r th" ./00

'"nsus

N"$s of any in'i#"nt +iolating th" 'ast" 'o#" su"ris"# an# "nfor'"# *y Fha an'hayats

g"ts roagat"# far an# $i#" an# th" iolators ar" unish"#, oft"n $ith #"ath 2ny 'hoi'"

arriag", "s"'ially if int"r?r"ligious, *"'o"s a s'an#al an# #ra$s 'on#"nation 3hil" th"Fhas ay *" o$"rl"ss to "nfor'" th"ir +s"nt"n'"s in so" 'as"s, this is not th" 'as" $h"n th"

+off"n#"rs ar" $ithin r"a'h -f th" total 'as"s of Fha iol"n'" r"'or#"# in arious r"orts, th"

issu" of intra?gotra or int"r?'ast" arriag"s #oinat" th" list 3hil" int"r?r"ligious r"lationshis

ar" f"$, n"$s of "a'h su'h 'as" is roagat"# $i#"ly !h" 4in#uta organi%ations ha" ""n

gi"n it a na"+Go" Jiha#$h"n th" girl ha"ns to *" a 4in#u -rtho#o@ "l""nts

aong Muslis ar" also r"s"ntful of Musli girls going out $ith 4in#u *oys"n an# attri*ut"

this to th"ir o"rty

"u#al atriar'hal so'i"ty has s"i%"# th" 'han'" in 'ontrolling th"ir young $o"n un#"r th"

slogan of +bahu beti izzat $hi'h also fits ni'"ly into th" roagan#a *lit% of 4in#uta !h"Faal in'i#"nt $as #iss"inat"# $i#"ly on so'ial "#ia through a #o'tor"# thr"" inut" 'li

$ith a Punja*i song in th" *a'kgroun# !h" i#"o f"atur"s "ol" $"aring 'loth"s that just not

$orn in Mu%affarnagar, an# has *""n tra'"# to Punja* roin'" in Pakistan It is also kno$n to

*" an o"r t$o y"ar ol# i#"o, not of Sa'hin an# :aura Malik !his #iss"ination $as #on"

r"'is"ly to infla" 'ounal an@i"ti"s an# f"ars an# itiat" th" atosh"r"

urth"r ""nts a''or#ing to th" R"ort of th" M76

.Ath2ugust6 P"ol" r"turning fro th" 'r"ation of Sa'hin an# :aura, s"t fir" to a hut"nt an#

to a hut in a *ri'k?kiln an# #aag"# .9 hous"s in Faal

.8th2ugust6 !h" Shi Man#ir in illag" Faal $as #aag"# follo$ing $hi'h th"r" $as ston"

thro$ing *"t$""n Muslis an# Jats

1/th2ugust6 2 Jan Sa*ha of Muslis took la'" at Shah""# 7ho$k, Mu%affarnagar !h"r" ar"

any "rsions of $hat transir"# th"r" !h" 7oission $as gi"n a 7D to suort th" 'lai

that th" Sa*ha $as an a"al for 'al 2noth"r sour'" says Muslis h"l# aft"rnoon ray"rs at

Faal, $h"r" oliti'al l"a#"rs, in'lu#ing th" Bahujan Saaj Party (BSP) M"*"r of Parlia"nt

;a#ir Rana, $"r" r"s"nt an# $h"r" fi"ry s""'h"s $"r" a#"

10st

2ugust6 During a Shok Sa*ha for th" t$o Jat *oys in illag" Nangal Man#aur, an 2lto 'ar in$hi'h 2roha Muslis $"r" tra"lling, $as o"rturn"# an# *urnt an# th" o''uants *"at"n u

2 oli'"an at Faal also tol# us that a Musli youth $as assault"# at M""nakshi 7ho$k in

Mu%affarnagar

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!he %angala Jat Maha &ancha'at and &relude

-n S"t"*"r >, in th" Jat ajority illag" of Gisarh (Distri't Shali, PS Phugana) a an'hayat

of Jats $as 'all"# *y 7hau#hry 4arkishan Ba*a of :ath$ala Fha, 7hau#hry Nar"sh !ikait of

Baliyan Fha an# Bharatiya Fisan Union (BFU) Pr"si#"nt Rak"sh !ikait !h" Jat illag"

ra#hans of th" ar"a att"n#"# !his an'hayat announ'"# that a Mahaan'hayat $oul# *" h"l#on S"t"*"r 9 at illag" Nangla Man#aur Nangala Man#aur is 'los" to Faal an# "n rout"

fro Bijnor 'ity to Mu%affarnagar, *ut 'los"r to Mu%affarnagar Inforation of this an'hayat

$as gi"n to our t"a in Bassi Falan illag", in th" t$o r"li"f 'as at Shahur as also at oth"r

la'"s

Jats fro Mu%affarnagar, Shali, Bagat, Bu#hana, :ha%ia*a#, Distri't Bijnor an#, so"

r"orts say, ""n 4aryana, r"a'h"# th" "nu" on S"t"*"r 9, *y an# larg" in tra'tor troll"ys

!h" o*ili%ation $as ainly of Baliyan Jats ('orro*orat"# *y th" fa't that no iol"n'" took

la'" North of Mu%affarnagar, $h"r" th"s" t$o Jat 'ouniti"s ar" not #oinant) !h" tra'tor

troll"ys ha# Jats ar"# $ith lathis, *allas (lan'"), s$or#s, taan'has ('ountry a#" istol)So" Jats tol# our t"a on No"*"r 8 that th" tra'tors 'arri"# larg" ston"s at th" *otto

3hil" Jats 'lai that a lakh or or" "ol" arti'iat"#, th" Minority 7oission R"ort

"stiat"s ar" of C/,/// an# oth"r r"orts ar" of ./,/// "ol" att"n#ing this an'hayat 4o$""r

na"s of th" s"ak"rs ar" not in #isut" Both th" r"ss r"orts an# all non?Jat sour'"s say that

th" afor""ntion"# s"ak"rs $"r" "noous in th"ir s""'h"s -th"r s"ak"rs in'lu#"# th"

MG2 of Bijnor Sa#ar, Bharat"n#u Singh of th" Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), S$ai -"sh,

BJP MG2 Sang""t So, Sur"sh Rana, 4uku Singh N"ta (BJP), Nar"sh !ikait an# Rak"sh

!ikait

-n th" sa" #ay, th" BJP ha# 'all"# for a *an#h in Mu%affarnagar to$n -n" Musli *oy, Israr,a hotograh"r fro illag" Fan#hla $as kill"# n"ar th" an'hayat 4" ha# *""n *rought th"r"

*y th" organi%"rs (oli'") to i#"ograh th" ro'""#ings 3hil" this an'hayat $as still on, th"

sa" ""ning, a riot *rok" out at Fhalaar (a Musli?#oinant"# ar"a of Mu%affarnagar) in

$hi'h t$o "ol" $"r" kill"#, on" of th" a journalist

-n th" $ay to Man#aur, tra'tor trolli"s fro Gisarh ass"# through Bassi Falan, a Musli

ajority illag" n"ar Shahur 5y"$itn"ss"s in Bassi Falan tol# our t"a that th" troll"ys fro

Gisarh sto"# outsi#" th" Ma#arsa an# rais"# roo'ati" slogans in'lu#ing +Nar"n#"r Mo#i

zindabad, +Muslamanon ke do sthan, Qabristan ya Pakistan (Muslis ha" t$o la'"s to go

to, "ith"r a gra"yar# or Pakistan) 2 #og a#" to $"ar a *ura $as s"at"# in a t"o, an# $as*"ing *"at"n $ith sho"s 3h"n so" Musli youth o*j"'t"#, on" youth $as atta'k"# $ith a

s$or# r"sulting in 'uts on t$o?thr"" fing"rs< a r"gnant Musli $oan $as atta'k"# $ith a

*hala (s"ar), an# sh" f"ll *l""#ing !h" 7- oli'" r"a'h"# th" sot along $ith a for'" *ut th"

Jats 'ontinu"# th"ir a'tiiti"s in front of th" !h"y lat"r l"ft for th" Mahaan'hayat, $h"r",

a''or#ing to th" Minority 7oission r"ort, th"y tol# oth"r arti'iants that Muslis of Bassi

Falan *"at th" u

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In Bassi Falan its"lf th" oli'" #i# not r"gist"r any 'olaint against th" Jats, *ut along $ith th"

a#inistration, it r"ail"# uon th" troll"y?ri#"rs to 'hang" th"ir rout"s for th" r"turn journ"y

Bassi Falan r"si#"nts sai# th" situation $as "ry t"ns" on that #ay

Siilarly, $h"n our t"a $"nt to Pur Baliyan $" l"arn"# that th" Jat troll"ys 'rossing th" illag"

on that #ay ha# also rook"# th" Muslis In'i#"ntally, a Jat kabbadit"a'h"r $ho th" t"a"t n"ar Faka#a illag" on No"*"r 8 tol# us that th" Muslis atta'k"# Jats at t"n la'"s

$hil" th"y $"r" on th"ir $ay to att"n# th" Mahaan'hayat, an# that th" "ntir" su*s"u"nt

iol"n'" $as #u" to this 4" also sai# that if th" Jat *oys $"r" raising th" slogan of +Nar"n#ra

Mo#i %in#a*a#, it har#ly att"r"# as th" "ntir" 'ountry $as #oing so 4o$""r, Muslis at

#iff"r"nt la'"s an# also a !yagi ra#han of illag" Fhu**aur $ho $" "t on No"*"r 8

an# $ho ha# olunt""r"# to intro#u'" our t"a to his a'uaintan'"s in Faka#a illag", tol# us

that Jat troll"ys #i# th"ir utost to rook" Musli #oinat"# illag"s "n rout", an# thr"$

ston"s at th" Ma#arsas at s""ral la'"s 2nsar, so 3akil of illag" :a#i, #istri't Shali $ho

ha# #ri"n a *us of Jats to th" Mahaan'hayat $as *"at"n to #"ath (r"'or#"# in th" M7 r"ort),

though it is not 'l"ar $h"r" this o''urr"#

&ost &ancha'at Ma'hem Against Muslims(

-n S"t"*"r 9, $hil" th" troll"ys $"r" r"turning fro th" Mahaan'hayat at Nangla Man#aur

in'i#"nts of iol"n'" $"r" r"ort"# fro s""ral la'"s 3" in"stigat"# th" in'i#"nt that took

la'" at Pur Baliyan $hi'h falls on th" roa# to Mu%affarnagar 'ity fro Nangla Man#aur

It is at Pur Baliyan that th" a@iu 'asualti"s aong Jats ha" *""n r"ort"# It $as sai# that

aroun# ./?.> troll"ys of Jats r"turning fro th" Mahaan'hayat sto"# at Pur Baliyan at aroun#

E1/ in th" ""ning an# *"gan stoning th" "ol" off"ring naa% at th" asji# !h" Jats also s"t

fir" to so" stru'tur"s Poli'" arri"# at th" s'"n" an# r"ail"# uon th" Jats to l"a" th" sot,

$h"r"uon th"y $"nt to illag" Bhoa#a, s"nt th" night th"r", an# l"ft for th"ir o$n illag"s at

E th" n"@t orning

Go'al "y"$itn"ss"s tol# us that lat"r that ""ning t$o or" tra'tor trolli"son" *"longing to

Jats fro Sohra illag" an# th" oth"r of Jats fro Faka#a illag"'ross"# Pur Baliyan !hr""

or four Mul"y Jat faili"s liing along th" ain roa# that ass"s through Pur Baliyan $"r"

a$aiting th" r"turn of th" trou*l"aking slogan""rs, an# ston"# th"ir trolli"s (Mul"y Jats ar" Jats

$ho 'on"rt"# to Isla) !h" int"ntion of th" Mul"y Jats $as to atta'k th" tra'tor of Jats fro

Sohra illag" !h" tra'tor $as f"rrying so" faily "*"rs of th" ra#han of Sohra

(t is understood that there was an old rivalry between the Muley !ats and !ats o" Sohram. t

appears that the Muley !ats o" Sohram had planned to attack the trolley o" Sohram !ats with the

help o" Muley !ats o" Pur #aliyan.$

4o$""r, th" ""ning of this in'i#"nt, th" Jats in th" Sohra tra'tor o"n"# fir" fro th"ir

fir"ars an# s"# a$ay In'i#"ntally, a tra'tor troll"y fro Faka#a that $as follo$ing th"

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Sohra troll"y $as hit *y *ull"ts an# *urst a tyr" 2s a r"sult, th" Jats of Faka#a $"r" atta'k"#

*y Mul"y Jats of Pur Baliyan !hr"" Jat youth of Faka#a $"r" kill"# on th" sot *y stoning !h"

ostort" r"orts of all th" thr"" youth, $hi'h $"r" a''"ss"# *y th" t"a, 'orro*orat" this

"tho# of #"ath 2noth"r "l#"rly "rson fro Faka#a, $ho sustain"# h"a# injury in this

in'i#"nt, lat"r #i"# in th" M"#i'al 7oll"g" 4osital at M""rut

It n""#s to *" "ntion"# h"r" that th"r" $as no rior #isut" *"t$""n Jats an# Muslis of

Faka#a, or ""n *"t$""n th" Jats of Faka#a an# Muslis of Pur Baliyan !his $as 'orro*orat"#

*y th" Jat Pra#han of Faka#a $ho $" "t on No"*"r 8 !h" Mul"y Jat faili"s an# oth"r

Muslis of Pur Baliyan also #i# not har th" Jat faili"s liing in Pur Baliyan its"lf !h"ir

ro*l"s s"" to ha" *""n $ith th" Jats of Sohra illag" Jats $" "t aintain that 0/

Baliyan Jats $"r" kill"# on th" ""ning of S"t"*"r 9

Sanji Baliyan (th" kabaddit"a'h"r at Faka#a) sai# that th"r" $"r" .A in'i#"nts of atta'ks on

Muslis in arious arts of th" ar"a that night its"lf 2''or#ing to th" M7 r"ort, Jats $"r"

atta'k"# $hil" r"turning at Joli 'anal *ri#g" (PS Bhoa) an# at four oth"r la'"s, r"sulting insi@ #"aths, in'lu#ing t$o of Muslis -n th" night of S"t"*"r 9 its"lf, 'urf"$ $as ios"# *y

#istri't authoriti"s in Mu%%afarnagar 'ity as $"ll as th" dehat In Mu%affarnagar 'ity, shos $"r"

*urnt at Bhagra !onga Stan# ('onfir"# *y th" a#inistration an# "ntion"# in th" M7 r"ort)

ro th" night of S"t"*"r 9 its"lf, atta'ks on Muslis in th" ar"a *"gan !h" a#inistration

tol# th" M7 that th"s" $"r" in illag"s ;ut*a, Fut*i, Gankh, Gisarh, Baha$a#i, Phugana,

Mohaa#ur Raisingh, Faka#a, Fhara#, Mohaa#ur Mo#"rn an# 2tali

-n S"t"*"r A, th" 2ry o"# into th" to$ns of Jansath, Bhaura Falan, Shahur, Phugana,

Bu#hana, Bhoa, an# oth"r la'"s, fro $h"r" th"y $"r" $ith#ra$n only on S"t"*"r 09

Ruours ran rif" th" $hol" int"r"ning night of S"t"*"r 9?A6 0// mar diye, >// mar diye (a

hun#r"# ha" *""n kill"#, fi" hun#r"# ha" *""n kill"#) !h" a#inistration ha# *y night

r"'"i"# 'onfiration of fi" to si@ #"aths in th" "ntir" ar"a *ut this $as not "ff"'ti"ly

'ouni'at"# to th" "ol" -n S"t"*"r A, no n"$sa"rs $"r" 'ir'ulat"# "ith"r !hus

ruors ran riot !hough it is #iffi'ult to say so authoritati"ly, y"t as is th" $ont in su'h

situations, th" "st"# int"r"sts 'oul# ha" #"li*"rat"ly sr"a#, or allo$"# ruors to *" sr"a#, in

or#"r to or'h"strat" th" iol"n'" against Muslis that follo$"#

3hat""r th" 'as", th" a#inistration '"rtainly fail"# to r""#y th" situation

-f th"s" in'i#"nts, $" ar" a*l" to #"tail th" "@"ri"n'"s at ;ut*a an# Fut*i, $hos" r"fug""s $""t at r"fug"" 'as, Shahur 7a No 0 an# . on No"*"r 8 !h"s" $"r" also r"f"rr"# to *y

s""ral oth"rs (O) 3" isit"# Faka#a on 8thNo an# "t th" r"si#"nts an# th" ra#han 3" also

$"nt to Mohaa#ur Raisingh on No"*"r 0/ In a##ition, r"fug""s at th" 'as tol# us of

in'i#"nts in oth"r illag"s (Sisauli, ;ut*a, Fut*i, Fa#o$li, Bains$ara)

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$he Story of &utba and 'utbi "illages:

In ;ut*a, th" illag" ra#han is a $oan, M""na, $hos" hus*an# D"in#"r (Pra#hanati)

"@"r'is"s o$"r !his ra#han ha# *""n suort"# in th" ast thr"" "l"'tions *y Muslis of th"

illag" D"in#"r s"nt th" night of S"t"*"r 9 in Bhoa#a Muslis of his illag" 'all"# hi

s""ral ti"s through th" night asking hi to r"turn, an# also ask"# hi if th"y shoul# l"a" th"illag", as th"y h"ar# th" n"$s of th" ost?Pan'hayat iol"n'" !h" r"fug""s stat" th"r" $"r" 9//

Jat faili"s an# 1// Musli faili"s in ;ut*a?Fut*i !hat night, th" ra#hanati D""n#"r

assur"# th" Muslis that h" ha# a#" arrang""nts for th" an# non" of th" shoul# l"a"

!h" n"@t orning, S"t"*"r A, at A 2M, h" along $ith his 'ousin U"n#"r, alias Ba*loo, $ho

is a history?sh""t"r, l"# hun#r"#s of Jats 'arrying *halas (s"ar) an# *allas (lan'") to atta'k

Muslis !h"y "nt"r"# th" Musli hous"s, kill"# s""n Muslis $ith shar $"aons, shot #"a#

on" $oan !hr"" "n anag"# to run a$ay 2 grou of 0/?0> oli'""n l"# *y a #aroga $"r"

#rinking t"a at th" ra#han=s hous" in ;ut*a 3h"n th" thr"" "n ran to th" for h"l, th" oli'"

tol# th" that th"y $oul# tak" a'tion aft"r haing t"a, an# lo'k"# u all thr"" in th" ra#hans

sitting roo

-th"r Muslis ran out into th" sugar'an" fi"l#s an# hi# th"r" !h"y tol# us that th"y 'oul# s""

th"ir hous"s *"ing *urnt !h"y $"r" r"s'u"# *y +for'"s that arri"# fro th" #ir"'tion of

Shahur at 0061/ 2M 3h"n this for'" 'a", th"y $"r" tol# a*out th" thr"" "n in th"

ra#han=s sitting roo an# th"y r"s'u"# th" too !h" Muslis $ho "s'a"# an# also thos" th"

oli'" r"s'u"# $"r" tak"n to 'as 0 an# . at Shahur

!h" r"fug""s fro ;ut*a?Fut*i at Shahur say that th" o* 'onsist"# of Jats of th"ir o$n

illag"< on" sai# th"r" $"r" also outsi#"rs -n" "rson sai# all 'ast"s of 4in#us $"r" inol"#

*ut a##"# that th" oth"rs $"r" #oing $hat th" Jats tol# th" In Fut*i th"r" $"r" no #"aths *ut

ar"# Jats roa"# $ith 'ans of k"ros"n" an# Muslis ran a$ay fro th" illag" !h" Jats *urnt

Forans an# hous"s an# shout"# that th"y $oul# kill all Muslis

!h" r"fug""s fro th"s" illag"s $ho $" "t at th" t$o 'as of Shahur an# at Bassi Falan

ar" artisans an# fa'tory "loy""s in oth"r 'iti"s an# ar" ostly lan#l"ss !h"ir 'hil#r"n $"r" in

s'hool till th"y $"r" #isla'"# So" ar" no$ stu#ying in Ma#arsas !h"y $"r" "hati' a*out

not going *a'k to th" illag"< as th"ir o$n illag"rs ha# turn"# against th" !h"y stat"# that in

th"ir illag"s th" Muslis $"r" of arious 'ast"s In Fut*i th" Muslis ar" ostly 2nsari, !"li,

Dho*i, an# a f"$ Sh"ikhs

!h" Jats of Fut*i tol# a "*"r of our t"a that th"y ha# a#" r""at"# att"ts to g"t th"

Muslis to r"turn to th" illag", so"thing that Fut*i r"fug""s #"ny, a##ing furth"r that th"y #o

not $ant to go *a'k Jats say that D"in#"r Singh (ra#hanati) isit"# th" 'as, $hi'h Fut*i

Muslis #"ny In fa't, th"ir 'olaint is that $h"n a''us"# lik" D"in#"r an# Ba*loo ha" not

*""n arr"st"# ho$ 'an th"y think of going *a'kO !h" aff"'t"# Muslis tol# us that only t$o Jats

aong all thos" $ho $"r" a''us"# ar" in jail??Fan$ar Pal an# Jogin#"r Fut*i Jats sai# that

Muslis $"r" r"fusing to r"turn larg"ly *"'aus" of th" Rs> lakh 'o"nsation announ'"# *y

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th" stat" for thos" $ho lost a faily "*"r in th" iol"n'" an# #o not $ish to r"turn !h" Fut*i

Jats say that in th" IRs r"gist"r"# aft"r S"t"*"r A, ""n Jats $ho $"r" not in th" illag" or ar"

+too ol# to fight $"r" also fals"ly na"# or "@al", th"y *rought t$o lo'al "n $ho say

th"y ar" in th"ir "ighti"s an# ha" *""n na"# in th" IRs for ur#"r !h"s" t$o sai# th"y ha#

r"tir"# 0/ y"ars "arli"r, an# +'oul# not ossi*ly ha" atta'k"# anyon" !h"y laugh"# off th"

in'i#"nt of S"t"*"r A as $"ll as th" 'as"s r"gist"r"# against th"

So" of th" Muslis of ;ut*a?Fut*i k"t li"sto'k, $hi'h th"y ha" no$ hous"# in r"lati"s=

ho"s So" oth"rs $"nt $ith th" oli'" to th"ir ho"s, *rought *a'k th" *"longings l"ft an#

sol# anials to r"lati"s in unaff"'t"# illag"s !h"y also 'it"# th" na" of Sanj"" Baliyan (not

th" ka*a##i t"a'h"r at Faka#a illag"), 'onsi#"r"# to *" th" BJP=s 'an#i#at" in th" forth'oing

Gok Sa*ha "l"'tions, as aong thos" $ho arti'iat"# in th" iol"n'" 2ong thos" $ho ar"

#isla'"# ar" ;ut*a r"si#"nt Mauli Qas""n (h" ha# a .0 roo"# hous" in on" *igha lan#, an# .

*igha farlan#ro"rty $orth aroun# Rs >/ lakh), Moh# 4anif, $ho o$n"# a t$o?stor"y

hous" an# ro"rty $orth RsC/ lakh< Iran so Shah*""r, $ho ha# t"n hous"s a#" in littl" l"ss

than >// yar#s, I##u so Rahat, $ho o$n"# a hous" an# 9 *igha farlan#, Iran (so Shah*""rha# t$o *igha far lan# an# also Qaku*, Na$a*, Qain an# Fayya "a'h ha# a hous" an# .

*igha farlan#

$he exodus of #uslims from 'akada village:

2noth"r illag" $h"r" anti?Musli iol"n'" took la'" is Faka#a, $hi'h this t"a isit"# on

No"*"r 8 ""ning In Faka#a, illag" "l#"rs got tog"th"r on th" ""ning of S"t"*"r 8 an#

a"al"# for "a'" D"sit" this, Muslis $"r" s""r"ly ston"# *y th" Faka#a Jats, for'ing th"

all to fl"" th" illag" So" of th" ar" still r"fug""s at Shahur 7a No 0 -n" $oan sai#

that it $as th" ra#han of th" illag" $ho 'all"# in th" oli'" for assistan'" $h"n th" atta'ks*"gan

-n th" $ay to Faka#a, th" t"a "t a Jat s'hool t"a'h"r t"a'hing Fa**a#i to .> stu#"nts 4"

$as Sanj"" Baliyan, h"a# t"a'h"r at th" riary s'hool at Dinkaur an# also t"a'hing in

Faka#a 4" attri*ut"# th" riots to atta'ks *y Muslis on th" ro'"ssions l"aing th" Pan'hayat

on S"t"*"r 9 4" attri*ut"# th" atta'k *y Jats of Baliyan Fha in Faka#a on Muslis to th"

Pur Baliyan in'i#"nt 4" f""ls as a r"sult of th"s" riots ""ryon" is soli#ly *"hin# BJP, + %eh hai

2it Shah ka &adoo. (!his is th" agi' of 2it Shah, th" BJP in?'harg" of UP) 4" f""ls

Muslis $ant to out*r""# 4in#us 4" stat"# that $h"n th"y $"r" in ajority, th"y first $ant"#

Pakistan, no$ +th"y $ant an in#""n#"nt Fashir an# ha" #ri"n out all 4in#us an# that th"

sa" thing $ill ha"n h"r" in a f"$ y"ars

Sanj"" Baliyan also infor"# us that th" Pra#han of Sora illag" ha# o*ili%"# "n an#

so" Jat *oys for th" Mahaan'hayat that $as h"l# on S"t"*"r 9 2''or#ing to hi th"

atta'ks on th" Jats at #iff"r"nt la'"s $hil" th"y $"r" r"turning fro th" Mahaan'hayat at

Nangla Man#aur $as th" ain trigg"r for th" riots

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!his 'hain of ""nts, in'lu#ing th" atta'ks on Muslis at ;ut*a?Fut*i $"r" unr"lat"# to th"

in'i#"nt at Faal !h" ""nts ha# or" to #o $ith th" #"ath of Jats fro Faka#a in th" atta'k at

Pur Baliyan, rath"r than th" u'h?roagat"# issu" of +bahu beti izzat Sanj"" Baliyan also

'lai"# that at Joli 'anal *ri#g", +"ol" in Musli #r"ss ha# atta'k"# Jats $ith autoati'

$"aons $hi'h r"sult"# in si@ #"aths !h" oli'" ho$""r #"ni"# that th"r" ha# *""n any us" of

autoati' $"aons

Sanj"" Baliyan 'onn"'t"# th" situation in Mu%affarnagar an# Shali +on" hun#r"# "r'"nt

$ith 2it Shah=s touring th" ar"a through th" su"r onths r"'""#ing th" iol"n'" of

S"t"*"r 4" ru"# Mulaya Singh=s ""ting $ith 2shok Singhal in Gu'kno$ in lat" 2ugust

an#, in his i"$, it $as th" 7ongr"ss that $as *"n"fitting fro th" rioting

-ut of th" four #"aths r"ort"# fro Faka#a, $" 'oul# 'onfir th" #"ath of at l"ast on" ol# an

$ho ha# sustain"# h"a# injury that night at Pur Baliyan Si@ty fi" y"ar ol# Mah"n#"r #i"# on

S"t"*"r .. at M""rut hosital !his $as fro his ost?ort" r"ort that $as o*tain"# *y us

In Faka#a illag", th" t"a foun# Musli hous"s #"s"rt"# So" "l#"rs took us aroun#, $ith a'ro$# of young "n follo$ing !h" latt"r all"g"# that th" Muslis ha# l"ft of th"ir o$n, tak"n

a$ay alua*l"s an# $"r" no$ *laing th" Jats for th"ir loss"s !h"ir int"ntion is to 'lai or"

oss"ssions than th"y ha# (+if th"y ha# t$o 'o$s, th"y say four to g"t or" 'o"nsation) !h"

hous"s that th" t"a sa$ ar" unlast"r"# *ri'k hous"s, so" $ith a s"'on# stor"y So" of th"

hous"s *or" signs of fir" -n" t"a "*"r, $ho ha# s""n th" ar"a four #ays "arli"r, foun# th"

hous"s or" #aag"# no$ $ith *rok"n *oun#ary $alls an# "i#"n'" of fir"s "t' !h" Jat

illag"rs aintain that Muslis s"t fir" to th"ir o$n ho"s as th"y $"r" lur"# *y th"

'o"nsation that th" go"rn"nt ha# announ'"# for th" 4o$""r, on" u''a Musli hous"

at th" "n# of th" illag" $as foun# lo'k"# an# inta't an# th" Jats argu"# that if th"y ha# in#""#

#"stroy"# th" Musli hous"s th"n $hy not this on" tooO

In Faka#a illag" th" young "ol" an# so" $o"n $"r" noti'"a*ly hostil", a''using th" t"a

of faouring Muslis an# *"ing int"r"st"# only in Musli hous"s *ut th"y #i# not r"ort any

har in th" illag"s to Jats or th"ir hous"s

-f th" Muslis $ho "s'a"# fro Faka#a an# ar" liing in Shahur 7a No 0, a $oan sai#

that th" osu" in Faka#a ha# *""n *urnt Sh" says Jats an# oth"rs start"# stoning th", an#

sai# that ""n *"for" th" iol"n'" took la'" th" illag" $as rif" $ith talk a*out ho$ +all 4in#us

ha" *"'o" on" 3h"n sh" r"turn"# $ith oli'" to i'k u h"r *"longings th"y $"r" foun#

issing, stol"n !h" oli'" fil"# an IR for th"ft, *ut #i# not agr"" to na" so" of th" "ol"

sh" ha# i#"ntifi"#

-n" girl $ho $as r"s"nt at th" 'a $as a 'lass 9 stu#"nt of th" :o"rn"nt S'hool at

Faka#a 4"r fath"r=s furnitur" sho in th" illag" $as *urnt !h"r" $"r" a 'oul" of "n $ho

sai# that $h"n th"y $"nt to th" illag" $ith th" oli'", non" of th" ol#"r lan#?o$ning Jats tri"#

to sto th", *ut th"y $"r" fright"n"# *y th" Jat youngst"rs !h"y sai# if th" ra#han, Rain#"r

Singh, ha# +assur"# us, $" $oul# ha" gon" *a'k !h"s" #isla'"# Muslis ar" lan#l"ss an#

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ha# $ork"# for lan#"# Jats 2noth"r $o"n fro Saifi (*la'ksith) 'ounity of th" illag"

sai# that th" 1/?1> faili"s of th" *la'ksith 'ounity $oul# not go *a'k R"f"rring to th"

'ontinuing "rs"'ution th"s" "ol" tol# us that so"on" ha# s"t fir" to sugar'an" fi"l#s of th"

Jats (ro*a*ly n"ar Bassi Falan) an# th" oli'" ha# i'k"# u thr"" *oys fro th" 'a $ho

$"r" totally inno'"nt

Discussion with Ravinder Baliyan, Pradhan of Kakada

!h" t"a ha# a long talk $ith Rain#"r Baliyan, Pra#han of Faka#a at his r"si#"n'" 4" sai#

aft"r th" iol"n'" of ;ut*a?Fut*i on S"t"*"r A, Muslis "t hi an# h" $"nt to th" 'as at

Mu%affarnagar an# at Shahur 4" 'lai"# to ha" assur"# thos" at th" 'as that6 +If you $ant

to li" in th" illag" $" $ill "nsur" that you 'an r"turn an# stay $ith all s"'urity Mr Baliyan

agr""# that Muslis fl"# *"'aus" of f"ar6 +It is #"finit" th"r" is t"rror in th" ar"a

!h" ra#han str"ss"# that th"r" ha# *""n no in'i#"nt of iol"n'" against Muslis at Faka#a 4"

tol# us that th" Musli oulation in th" illag" $as aroun# 0>// (+th"r" $"r" aro@iat"ly

0/// Muslis ot"s in th" illag" fro .E> faili"s)

Rain#"r ra#han f"lt that th" 'as ha# 'r"at"# a "r'"tion that Muslis ar" *"tt"r off $h"n

th"y stay aong Muslis< s"'on#ly th" fr"" rations "t' th"y got at th" 'as also 'onin'"#

th" to stay on !hough h" agr""# that Muslis 'oul# *" afrai#, h" also a''us"# that sin'" th"

go"rn"nt announ'"# th" Rs> Gakh 'o"nsation th"y ha# *""n o"r'o" *y gr""# !his, h"

sai#, $as th" ain r"ason th"y $"r" not r"turning to th"ir ho"s 4" 'olain"# that stat"s

s"ri'"s an# *"n"fits ('on'"ssions) ar" all for Muslis an# that th" 'as $ill h"l th" 7ongr"ss

an# th" SP 'onsoli#at" th"ir ot" *ank 2''or#ing to th" ra#han, Jats ar" no long"r just anoth"r

'ast" aong oth"rs in UP6 +If th"y ar" Musli, $" too ar" 4in#u

In his long talk, h" k"t r"it"rating his "r'"tion that Muslis ar" g"tting or" than oth"rs fro

th" stat" or "@al", h" sai# that th" *"n"fits of Janani Suraksha Qojna shoul# not *" "@t"n#"#

*"yon# t$o 'hil#r"n, $hi'h only "n'ourag"s larg"r faili"s, "s"'ially aong Muslis !h"

go"rn"nt=s o" to off"r finan'ial ai# of u to Rs0 lakh to th" #isla'"# faili"s for th"

arriag" of girls ha# "n'ourag"# "ry young girls *"ing arri"# off in or#"r to 'lai this

on"y In his oinion th" a#arsas shoul# *" 'los"# in faour of go"rn"nt s'hools Both

4in#us an# Muslis shoul# ha" "ual right on $hat th" stat" han#s out, an# that "@tr"is is

roagat"# *y th" go"rn"nt=s un"ual tr"at"nt, h" stat"#

Surrisingly, in th" i##l" of his oth"r oinions, h" ass"rt"# that *oth 4in#us an# Muslis in

this r"gion ar" art of Doa* 'ultur" an# that this 'ultur" is *"ing soilt *y oliti's But h" ui'kly

r""rt"# to his faor"# th""6 +If th"r" ar" atta'ks on 4in#us, th" go"rn"nt tak"s no a'tion

Sonia :an#hi an# Manohan Singh shoul# not ha" gon" to Musli r"li"f 'as alon" *ut

shoul# ha" isit"# th" *"r"a"# faili"s at Faka#a an# oth"r illag"s 4is oth"r 'olaint

against Muslis $as that th"y harass Jat girls 4" too ass"rt"# that Muslis #o not ra'ti'"

faily lanning an# ar" int"nt on out?nu*"ring 4in#us

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!h" Pra#han sai#6 +In 08A. th"r" $"r" .> lakh Jats, $hil" no$ th"r" ar" only0A lakh, $h"r"as

Muslis ar" C> lakh !h" *igg"st issu" fa'ing Jats is that th"y ar" #""n#"nt on lan#, $hi'h th"y

shoul#n=t *" an# th"y shoul# l"a" th" ar"a (4" ili"s that Jats shoul# o" into oth"r

rof"ssions) -n *"ing r"in#"# of th" histori' Musli?Jat so'ial an# oliti'al allian'" *uilt *y

7hau#hary 7haran Singh, h" sai# that th" Musli?Jat 'o*ination "@ist"# sin'" 0890, *ut *rok"

*"'aus" of th" oth"r fa'tors -n *"ing ask"# a*out th" ossi*l" rol" of BJP in fanning th" lat"st

'ounal flar" u, h" sai#, +3hy *la" BJP, $hat $rong ha" th"y #on"O Di# th"y t"ll th"

Muslis to harass Jat girlsO

)ther villages represented in the Camps

-f th" oth"r illag"s r"r"s"nt"# in th" 'as, so" "@"ri"n'"s 'oul# *" r"'or#"# In illag"

Dulh"ra, th"r" $"r" atta'ks on S"t"*"r A an# all th" Muslis $"r" 'has"# out *y young Jat

"n 2ong th" Musli ho"s, 9/ $"r" of +lo$"r 'ast" lan#l"ss Muslis $hil" fi" hous"s

$"r" of lan# o$ning Mul"y Jats, all of $ho ha# gon" *a'k as th"ir hous"s $"r" untou'h"#

!his ro*a*ly is also a r"fl"'tion of th"ir high"r so'ial osition in th" illag" as 'oar"# to th"ins"'urity of th" lo$"r 'ast" Muslis

!h" f"$ r"fug"" faili"s fro 4a#auli illag" 'olain"# that th"ir illag"=s na" #i# not

figur" in th" R"li"f an# R"ha*ilitation (RR) list !his $as also tru" of so" in#ii#ual faili"s

fro th" illag"s that #i# a"ar in th" RR list !h"s" faili"s 'lai"# that th"r" $as an

atosh"r" of t"rror #u" to "rsist"nt thr"at of ar"# atta'ks !h"y "ntion"# that a 9/ y"ar ol#

$oan $as atta'k"# *y a s"ar Lua so D""nu J"li $as 'has"# *y a o*, an# h" ran into his

hous" $hi'h $as s"t on fir" -nly his *on"s $"r" r"'o"r"# -ut of 1/ to 1> faili"s #isla'"#

t$o faili"s $"r" at Bassi Falan 'a $hil" oth"rs $"r" at Shahur an# Goyi 'as !h"s"

"ol" tol# us that in Musli ajority illag"s th"r" ha" *""n no riots, no killings an# not"l"s $"r" #aag"# !h"y infor"# us that aong th" trou*l" ak"rs, on" Raji Prata Saini

of Patta illag" an# a suort"r of BJP l"a#"r 4uku Singh Qa#a $as on" of thos" #istri*uting

$"aons in th"ir illag"

!al# ith AI$M* leader+ *hamshad+ in Muzaffarnagar,

!h" t"a "t Mr Shasha#, l"a#"r of th" 2ll In#ia Fisan Ma%#oor Sa*ha (2IFMS) $ho ha#

*""n aong th" riot i'tis for th" ast f"$ #ays, on No"*"r 8 4" $as th" "rson $ho ha#

first lo'at"# th" affi#aits that Muslis $"r" *"ing ask"# to sign for o*taining 'o"nsation an#in $hi'h it $as s"'ifi"# that th"y ust gi" u all 'lai to ioa*l" ro"rty an# n""r go

*a'k to th" illag" 4" stat"# that th"r" $"r" 00 'as, all of Muslis an# E/,/// "ol",

ostly oor Muslis, ha# *""n #isla'"# of $ho ./,/// $"r" in 'as an# oth"rs $ith

r"lati"s 2s on th" #at" of our isit, th" go"rn"nt ha# 'lai"# that >/,8>> "rsons $"r"

#isla'"#, of $ho C0,/// ha# alr"a#y gon" *a'k fro th" 'as an# that only 0/,/// $"r"

l"ft

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20/39

By th" ti" of our isit all go"rn"nt roisioning of th" 'as ha# sto"# an# th" 'as

$"r" *"ing run $ith th" h"l of r"ligious'ounity organi%ations 2''or#ing to Shasha# th"

offi'ial #"ath figur" $as stat"# to *" >1, of $ho C/ $"r" Muslis an# 01 Jats 4" also

infor"# us that of th" fi" lakh *"ing gi"n to Muslis as 'o"nsation ($ith th" 'orollary that

th"y $ill n""r go *a'k to th"ir illag"s), th" Musli organi%ations $"r" taking Rs./,///

#"osit to *uil# hous"s, an# that 00 *ighas of lan# ha# *""n a'uir"# in Bassi Falan for this

uros" It is "rtin"nt to oint out h"r" that Maulana Na%ar, an# a'tiist of Jaa=at $ho $"

'onta't"# on th" hon" off"r"# to tak" us to sit"s in Mu%affarnagar 'ity $h"r" hous"s ar"

roos"# to *" 'onstru't"# un#"r Jaiat su"rision

-urther insights into the Muzaffarnagar incidents

2s has alr"a#y *""n "ntion"#, th" t"a r"'"i"# h"l fro Sh D"#utt !yagi, th" for"r

ra#han of Fhu**aur illag" in "sta*lishing 'onta't $ith "ol" in Faka#a illag" 5n rout" to

Faka#a fro Shahur h" roi#"# so" or" alua*l" insights into th" 'ounal #istur*an'"s

that ha# jolt"# th" ar"a 4is ass"ss"nt of th" situation is that $hat""r has ha"n"# till no$ +isa "r" trail"r of *igg"r iol"n'" that is lik"ly in th" Mu%affarnagar?Shali *"lt $ithin th" n"@t

f"$ onths +!his iol"n'" to 'o" 'an only *" sto"# *y Mo#i an# not ""n *y BJP h" sai#

2''or#ing to hi th" Jat?Musli unity 'ar"# *y 7hau#hary 7haran Singh #i"# in th" Man#al

agitation of 088/ its"lf $h"n th" Jats $"r" not in'lu#"# in list of -B7s No$ Jats f""l n"gl"'t"#

oliti'ally !h"ir so'ial osition has *""n furth"r un#"rin"# #u" to th"ir ina*ility to 'aitali%"

on "#u'ation as a tool of u$ar# o*ility !h"y ar" stu'k in th" sa" jo*s lik" oli'" an# ary

No$ th" SP go"rn"nt has intro#u'"# -B7 r"s"ration in th" oli'", su""%ing jo*

oortuniti"s for Jats furth"r +So you ha" all thos" young "n, hanging aroun# #oing nothing,

ui'k to tak" to 'ri", #rinking an# looting 3" ar" s'ar"# to go out h"r" on th" roa#s aft"r

#ark

4" *"li""s that th" "niron"nt $as *"ing soilt u'h *"for" th" ""nts in S"t"*"r, as "arly

as Jun"?July this y"ar, an# that th" Jats ha" *""n aring th"s"l"s +'iza kharab ki &a rahi

thi 4" "ntion"# thr"" in'i#"nts in ;ut*a an# Fut*i $h"r"in Jat girls ha# "lo"# $ith Musli

*oys, t$o in July an# anoth"r in 2ugust !h"s" in'i#"nts ha# ang"r"# th" Jats

Sh D"#utt "ntion"# on" in'i#"nt in #"tail -n 2ugust A in Sohra, on" Musli girl $as

+t"as"# *y Jat *oys !h" girl=s *roth"r an# oth"rs fro th" Mul"y Jat 'ounity got tog"th"r

an# *"at u th" *oys r"sonsi*l" for th" +"" t"asing !h" off"n#"rs in'lu#"# a r"lati" of th"

Sohra ra#han Gat"r, th" Jats 'all"# th" P27, $ho lathi?'harg"# th" Muslis 2art fro this

in'i#"nt It a"ars that sin'" this in'i#"nt th" t"nsions *"t$""n Sohra Jats an# th" Mulay Jats

of th" illag" k"t si"ring !h" Jat Pra#han of th" illag" also lay"# an a'ti" rol" in th"

o*ili%ation for th" Nangla Man#aur Mahaan'hayat that took la'" on Ath of S"t"*"r

-st"nsi*ly th" Mulay Jats of Sohra lann"# th"ir r""ng" on th" Sohra Pra#han at Pur

Baliyan in 'olla*oration $ith th" lo'al Mulay Jats on th" ""ning of AthS"t"*"r

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!h"r" $as anoth"r in'i#"nt at Joli, $h"r" th" P27 ha# to *" 'all"# In July an# 2ugust th"r"

$"r" in'i#"nts at Mu%affarnagar rail$ay station in $hi'h Muslis ha# *""n #ragg"# fro trains

an# huiliat"# 4" furth"r stat"# that *oth Muslis an# Jats $"r" aring th"s"l"s in

anti'iation of a *igg"r sho$#o$n in th" n"@t si@ to s""n onths 4" link"# this $ith th" ./0C

"l"'tions, saying that if Mo#i l"a#s BJP to i'tory th"r" ar" 'han'"s that "a'" $oul# r"ail,

oth"r$is" th"r" $oul# *" a *loo#*ath

Hussainpur " Mohammadpur Raisingh " site of #illings on )ctober .,

!h" t"a isit"# th"s" t$in illag"s s"arat"# *y a #istan'" of thr"" kilo"t"rs, on th" orning

of No"*"r 0/ 2 ""ting of 1> *ira#aris ('ouniti"s r"r"s"nting #iff"r"nt Jat Fhas an#

oth"r 'ast"s) $as to tak" la'" that #ay at Mohaa#ur Raisingh !his ""ting ha# on'" again

*""n 'all"# *y th" :ath$ala Fha l"# *y Ba*a 4arkishan

2ft"r #riing fro Mu%affarnagar to th" n"ar"st to$n of Bu#hana, $h"r" th" ary ha# *""n

'all"# on S"t"*"r A) $" #ro" on rugg"#, narro$ roa#s through lush sugar'an" fi"l#s to

Mohaa#ur Raisingh

#ohammadpur Raisingh:

2t th" "ntran'" of th" illag" $" $itn"ss"# any $all $ritings "uating 'o$ rot"'tion $ith

national rot"'tion -n "nt"ring th" illag" $" "t a grou of young "n an# ask"# th" a*out

th" "nu" of th" ""ting an# if th"y $oul# *" att"n#ing it !h"y sho$"# us th" $ay to th" Jat

s"'tion of th" illag" an# r"li"# in th" n"gati" a*out arti'iation in th" ""ting as th" ""ting

$as that of th" +kisans (i" Jats) !h"s" youth $"r" lan#l"ss agri'ultural la*our an# *"long"# to

Fashya (Fuhar 'ast") P"ol" fro th" oth"r 4in#u 'ast"s also sho$"# a*solut" in#iff"r"n'"

to th" ""ting an# #i# not $ant to talk a*out th" in'i#"nt of th" killing of th" *oys fron"igh*oring 4ussainur

!h" "nu" of th" ""ting $as a *ig t"l" 'ooun# By noon, $" 'oul# s"" so" oli'""n

'oing to th" illag", *ut "ol" ha# not r"a'h"# th" ""ting la'" as y"t 3" th"n $"nt to th"

'ooun# of th" Pra#han=s hous" $h"r" Jat ra#hans of #iff"r"nt illag"s $"r" gath"ring !h"r"

$as 'ons"nsus aong th" "ol" r"s"nt h"r" r"gar#ing th" ""nts of -'to*"r 1/ ($h"n thr""

Musli *oys of th" n"igh*oring 4ussainur illag" ha# *""n kill"# in Mohaa#ur Raisingh)

!h"ir "rsion $as 'ol"t"ly #i"rg"nt to th" "rsion $" lat"r got fro 4ussainur r"si#"nts

!h" story at Mohaa#ur Raisingh $as that an "@?ary Jat, Raj"n#ra Singh fro

Mohaa#ur, $as $orking in his fi"l#s in th" ""ning as art of a a't *"t$""n th" t$oillag"s to $ork on th"ir fi"l#s at #iff"r"nt oints of th" #ay 4" $as *rutally atta'k"# *y

Muslis fro 4ussainur, a''or#ing to th" Jats of Mohaa#ur Raisingh 2lthough *a#ly

$oun#"#, Raj"n#ra Singh so"ho$ "s'a"# an# r"turn"# to th" illag" 2ft"r this, aroun# 0.

Jats fro th" illag" a''oani"# hi an# 'has"# th" *oys $ho $"r" all"g"# to ha" atta'k"#

hi 2 fight "nsu"# an# in th" 'ours" of this fight, th" P27 all"g"#ly shot th" thr"" Musli

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*oys !h" Jats also talk"# a*out Shahur an# ho$ Muslis in thos" 'as ar" in#ulging in loot

an# raag"

!h" arious ra#hans an# saran'hs of Jats fro illag"s a'ross Mu%affarnagar an# Shali

#istri'ts in'lu#"# th" fath"rs of Sa'hin an# :aura (th" t$o Jat *oys kill"# at Faal) gath"r"# at

th" Mohaa#ur Raisingh ra#han=s 'ooun# !h"y "@lain"# $hy th" Fha has *""n'all"# that #ay +!h" P27 has or#"rs to l"t anyon" $ho #i"s, #i" 3h"th"r th" go"rn"nt says

it or not, it 'ar"s only for a*out .> 'ror" (Muslis) !h" #ay *"for" y"st"r#ay, 4in#us $"r"

atta'k"# at Shahur !h" "ssag" is 'l"ar6 3" ust rot"'t ours"l"s

!h" $if" of th" ra#han of Mohaa#ur 'orro*orat"# th" killing of th" *oys fro 4ussainur

an# "@r"ss"# surris" o"r th" au#a'ity of th" atta'k"rs $ho, aft"r injuring th" ary an

Rajin#"r Singh, #i# not run a$ay *ut r"ain"# th"r" 2noth"r ra#han tol# us that so" goons

'a" an# *"at u th" ary an an# th"r" $as firing fro *oth si#"s in $hi'h th" Muslis got

kill"# During th" an'hayat ro'""#ings, in#ignation $as "@r"ss"# that th" SP (su"rint"n#"nt

of oli'") "nt"r"# th" illag" an# took Raj"n#"r Singh a$ay un#"r r"t"@t of "#i'al

"@aination *ut arr"st"# hi un#"r S"' 1/. !h"y sa$ this as ai#"n'" of th" +'onsira'y

against th" Jats !h"y sai# that Raj"n#"r Singh $as 9/ y"ars ol# -n" of th" s"ak"rs stat"# that

h" ha# 'all"# HBa*aji= (Ba*a 4arkishan) an# .///?1/// "ol" ha# 'oll"'t"# in Mohaa#ur

Raisingh in r"sons", on th" night of -'to*"r 1/ +3" k"t our 'as" *ut inst"a# of justi'" $"

only got arr"st"# !h"y ask"# $h"th"r oli'" foun# ""n on" $"aon in this illag", *ut at th"

sa" ti" "@r"ss"# a grous" that th" S4- +took a$ay our 7hina istols V"ry f"$ young Jat

"n 'oul# *" s""n in this illag" 3" lat"r l"arn"# that th"y ha# *""n s"nt off to r"lati"s= ho"s

in n"igh*ouring #istri'ts, in anti'iation of arr"sts r"lat"# to th" killing of Musli *oys fro

4ussainur illag"

!h" t"a "t th" fath"rs of th" t$o Jat *oys kill"# in Faal !h" ra#han $ho intro#u'"# th"s"

"n sai#, +Both of th" ha" lost th"ir only sons, $h"r"as th" Musli youth th"y fought $ith

$as on" of th" nin" 'hil#r"n in his faily< so it #o"snt att"r to th" It is not tru" that Sa'hin

an# :aura $"r" *oth only sons

he 3! biradari "anchayat#

2 'ro$# of o"r 1>/ 'orising ainly th" Fha l"a#"rs, Jat illag" ra#hans, l"a#"rs of so"

oth"r 'ast"s su'h as th" Brahins, !hakurs an# :ujjars an# so" of th"ir suort"rs ha#

ass"*l"# for th" an'hayat at Mohaa#ur Raisingh !h"y 'a" fro #iff"r"nt illag"s of

Mu%affarnagar, Shali an# oth"r #istri'ts of $"st"rn UP, as also fro 4aryana !h"r" $"r"aroun# 0> oli'""n $ith thr"" "hi'l"s an# t$o to thr"" offi'"rs $ho k"t a $at'h fro outsi#"

$hil" on" lain'loth"s an sat insi#" th" hall !h" Fha ""ting took la'" in th" hall of a

Shia t"l" in th" illag" !h" Fha "*"rs, $ith th"ir sl"n#i# tur*ans, $"r" r"#oinantly

i##l" ag"# an# ol# "n 2 f"$ young Jats $"r" h"ling $ith th" arrang""nts 3hil" th"

roin"nt l"a#"rs sat on th" ak"shift #ias in th" front, th" r"st of th" 'ro$# sat on th" floor

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!h" Fha ""ting $as r"si#"# o"r *y Ba*a 4arkishan Singh, th" 'hi"f of :ath$ala Fha

(r"ort"#ly .9 'as"s ar" "n#ing against hi in'lu#ing on" of gang ra") !h" oth"rs r"s"nt

in'lu#"# Nar"sh !ikait of th" Baliyan kha an# a l"a#"r of Bhartiya Fisan Union (BFU), Durga

Mal (fro Bains$al, on" of th" illag"s *a#ly aff"'t"# *y th" iol"n'"), U#aiir Singh (illag"

P"lkha, Gathiyan Fha), !hakur (Fush$aha Fha), Mang" Ra, Fha*" Gal (Baliyan Fha),

U#ha Singh (Balola) an# s""ral oth"rs $hos" na"s 'oul# not *" not"# #o$n

!h" g"n"ral "hasis of th" s""'h"s #"li"r"# ""r"# aroun# th" sa" th""s that ha# ""rg"#

fro in#ii#ual int"ri"$s of #iff"r"nt Jats "ntion"# a*o"6 !hat Muslis ar" not r"turning to

illag"s #u" to th" gr""# of 'o"nsation< that Jats ar" *"ing su*j"'t"# to injusti'"< a*out ho$

atrioti' Jats ar" an# that th"y 'an=t 'orois" $ith s"lf?r"s"'t "s"'ially if th" issu" of bahu,

beti an# izzat is inol"# !h" intro#u'tory s""'h *y th" r"r"s"ntati" of Mohaa#ur

Raisingh *"gan *y saying, +!h" go"rn"nt is trying to #ii#" th" Jats an# !hakurs *y

"ntioning th" as s"arat" 'ouniti"s !h"y ar" trying to isolat" us It is a 'onsira'y of th"

go"rn"nt !h"y sai# that a 'l"ar "ssag" has to *" gi"n to Muslis an# th" go"rn"nt

through a sho$ of str"ngth !h"y all"g"# that th" go"rn"nt is in#ulging in +ektar"akaryawahi (on" si#"# a'tion) *y roi#ing 'o"nsation to th" Muslis an# arr"sting only th"

Jats in fals" 'as"s !h" an'hayat r"sol"# to $ag" a #"'isi" $ar against this !h"y $ant"# all

'as"s fil"# to *" $ith#ra$n an# 'all"# for a #ay=s hartal on No"*"r 0>, to 'oin'i#" $ith

Moharra It $as "ry 'l"ar th"y $ant"# to u th" ant"

-n" of th" s"ak"rs sai# (an# this $" ha# oft"n h"ar# fro ro Jat oinions) that aft"r th" Faal

in'i#"nt, th" Muslis r"sonsi*l" for th" killings $"r" 'aught at th" insist"n'" of th" th"n DM

an# SP 4o$""r, th"y $"r" r"l"as"# th" "ry n"@t #ay at th" *"h"st of th" Saaj$a#i Party

Minist"r 2%a Fhan Both th" DM an# SP $"r" instantly transf"rr"# !h"y argu"# that if this

ha# not ha"n"# th"r" $oul# not ha" *""n so u'h ayh" 7o"nting on th" g"n"ral talkof BJP *"ing *"hin# th" riots, on" of th" s"ak"rs ask"# if +BJP ha# tol# Musli *oys to t"as"

Jat girls or kill th" *roth"rs $ho #"f"n#"# h"rO Many oth"rs #"f"n#"# th" BJP

It ust ho$""r *" "ntion"# that at l"ast so" of th" "l#"rly s"ak"rs at th" ""ting ask"# for

r"straint an# a'tion that $ill r"stor" "a'" an# noral'y in th" ar"a

In th" inforal 'on"rsation at th" illag" ra#han=s hous", on" of th" ra#hansPh"ru Pra#han

tol# us that th" illag" Mohaa#ur Raisingh is surroun#"# *y Muslis $ho ha# #"stroy"#

tu*"$"lls 'ausing finan'ial loss"s to th" tun" of lakhs 2t th" an'hayat, th" Muslis of

4ussainur illag" $"r" a''us"# of taking o"r for"st #"art"nt lan# an# 'r"ating r"si#"ntial

lots th"r" !h"y sai#6 th"y ha" no $"aons no$ that th" oli'" has tak"n a$ay th"ir li'"ns"#ars, an# no "ans of +#"f"n#ing ours"l"s !h"y sai# that this has "*ol#"n"# th" Muslis

$ho $"r" r"sorting to roo'ati" a'tiiti"s lik" *urning th"ir sugar'an" fi"l#s (-n No"*"r

.8, th" :ath$ala Fha h"a# Ba*a 4arkishan=s sugar'an" fi"l#s $"r" r"ort"# as haing *""n

*urn"#, at a ti" $h"n th" sugar'an" agitation *y Jat far"rs $as at a high it'h)

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!h" t"a sok" to th" ar"# oli'" offi'"rs stan#ing outsi#" th" hall -n *"ing ask"# as to ho$

th" ""ting 'all"# *y th" Fhas is *"ing allo$"# as s"'tion 0CC is in for'" in th" ar"a, th" oli'"

offi'"r sai# that this is a so'ial ro*l" as $"ll an# 'annot *" just ta'kl"# *y la$ an# or#"r

a'hin"ry Mor"o"r, th" la'" of gath"ring $as a riat" on" !h"y sai# as *oth si#"s $"r"

*laing th" oli'", th" oli'" ust ha" #on" so"thing right !h" offi'"r la"nt"# that th"

oli'" for'"s $"r" not "nough to ta'kl" th" situation 4" also a#itt"# th" fa't that th"r" $as a

s""r" un#"r?r"r"s"ntation of Muslis, $ho for"# only a*out four "r '"nt of th" oli'" for'"

4" a#itt"# that oli'" ha# s"i%"# all th" li'"ns"# $"aons in th" ar"a, *ut sai# this $as th"

stan#ar# ro'"#ur" in riot situations !h" fa't of th" att"r is that th"r" $"r" or" Jats $ho ha#

li'"ns"# $"aons an# thus th"y ar" saying th"y ha" *""n s"l"'ti"ly #isar"#

Conversation at (ussainpur village:

ro Mohaa#ur Raisingh th" t"a o"# to th" a#joining 4ussainur illag" 4ussainur

has a i@"# oulation 'orising of a*out 1/// Muslis an# ./// 4in#us of $ho 9// ar"

#alits !h"r" ar" no Jats in this illag" !h" 'oosition 'onsists larg"ly of 'ast"s lik" th" Mul"yJats, Sh"ikhs, Sayya#s, airs, !"lis, Brahins an# Banias 3" $"r" tol# that all hous"hol#s in

this illag" ha# so" lan#, in'lu#ing th" Muslis Not only has th"r" *""n no iol"n'" in this

illag", *ut aft"r th" Faal in'i#"nt th" illag"rs k"t a igil at nights *y foring 'oosit"

t"as in'lu#ing all 'ouniti"s No #aag" $as r"ort"# to th" t"l" or to any of th" 4in#u

hous"s in th" illag"

2t th" ti" of th" isit th"r" $"r" so" .C// Musli r"fug""s fro Mohaa#ur Raisingh

$ho $"r" liing in th" r"li"f 'a at 4ussainur illag" !h"r" ha# *""n r"fug""s fro oth"r

illag"s su'h as Fh"#i :ani $ho th"ir Jat 'o?illag"rs ha# *rought h"r" for saf"ty at th" "ak

of 'ounal iol"n'", *ut th"y ha# sin'" r"turn"# to th"ir illag"s un#"r th" rot"'tion of th"irJat 'o?illag"rs !h" Pr"si#"nt of th" 2an 7oitt""of th" illag", Maulana Iran, infor"#

us that th" Mohaa#ur "ol" $"r" insisting that r"fug""s fro th"ir illag" *" oust"# fro

4ussainur In i"$ of th" r"ailing 'ounal t"nsion, a tru'" $as r"a'h"# *"t$""n illag"rs

of th" t$o illag"s a*out $ork tiing on th" fi"l#s that li" *"t$""n th" t$o illag"s !h" "ol"

of Mohaa#ur $oul# $ork in th" for"noon an# thos" of 4ussainur in th" aft"rnoon to aoi#

any ossi*l" 'onfli't in th" r"ailing t"ns" atosh"r"

!h" Musli faili"s of 4ussainur #"ni"# that th"r" $as any in'i#"nt inoling Raj"n#"r

Singh th" r"tir"# ary an fro Mohaa#ur !h" t"a "t .9 y"ars ol# Faish Fhan so

2*rar Fhan an# .E y"ars ol# Shah 2la so Muna$$ar Fhan, suriors of th" ur#"rous atta'k

*y Jats on -'to*"r 1/ Shah 2la=s *roth"r $as kill"# in th" atta'k !h"s" suriors infor"# us

that th"y $"nt to Faish Fhan=s 'ha'ha=s (fath"r=s *roth"r=s) fi"l# to 'ut so" fr"sh fo##"r at

C61/ on -'to*"r 1/ 3ith th" $"r" thr"" oth"r youth??2ro% Fhan so Fhasr""n Fhan (..

y"ars), M"h"r*an so 2*a# Fhan (.A yrs) an# 2jal Fhan so 2n""s Fhan (.. yrs)

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-f th" fi", M"h"r*an an# 2jal $"r" long?#istan'" tru'k #ri"rs $ho ha# r"turn"# to th"ir

illag" for a holi#ay Shah 2la an# Faish Fhan $"r" 'utting grass $hil" th" oth"r thr"" $"r"

hanging aroun# 'hatting, 'h"$ing sugar'an"

Su##"nly th"s" "n h"ar# so" nois"s 'oing fro a #istan'" an# th"n sa$ a 'ro$# of aroun#

.>?1/ "ol" $ho 'a" fro th" si#" of Mohaa#ur Raisingh !h"s" "n $"r" shoutingroo'ati" anti?Musli slogans an# soon o"ro$"r"# th" fi" "n fro 4ussainur !h" "n

'oing fro th" si#" of Mohaa#ur Raisingh $"r" 'arrying s$or#s, kni"s, s"ars, si'kl"s,

farsa (a@") rifl"s an# sti'ks !h"y 'aught hol# of th" fi" "n fro 4ussainur an# start"#

*"ating th" u *rutally -f th"s" "n fro Mohaa#ur, Faish Fhan an# Shah 2la sai#

th"y 'oul# r"'ogni%" 0E !h"y "s'a"# ali" *y anaging to fr"" th"s"l"s fro th" 'ators

an# th"n hi# in th" sugar'an" fi"l#s !h" oth"r thr"" youthK2ro% Fhan, M"har*an an# 2jal

Fhan $"r" #ragg"# a$ay *y th" o* Faish Fhan an# Shah 2la infor"# us that th"r" $as no

P27 r"s"nt $hil" this in'i#"nt took la'" !ha Jats of Moha"#ur ha# tol# us that th"

thr"" young "n ha# *""n kill"# *y P27 firing

!h"s" t$o "n $ho ha# anag"# to fl"" rang u th"ir un'l" Shahna$a% (th" ra#han of

4ussainur illag") $hil" hi#ing in th" sugar'an" fi"l# !h" ra#han k"t 'alling th" S4- of

Bhaura Falan oli'" station for h"l 4is 'alls, ho$""r, $"nt unatt"n#"# Gat"r, on th" *asis of

th" 'all r"'or#s, th" S4- of Bhaura Falan PS $as sus"n#"# for #"r"li'tion of #uty M"an$hil",

th" illag"rs of 4ussainur $"nt to th" fi"l# at night an# r"s'u"# th" (t$o stran#"#O) *oys

2''or#ing to th" "ol" at 4ussainur, th"y r"'"i"# th" *o#i"s of th" thr"" youth lat" n"@t

night 3" $"r" tol# that th" *o#i"s $"r" *a#ly utilat"# an# *or" signs of s""r" *"ating !h"y

ha# also *""n shot !his $as also 'onfir"# *y th" ostort" r"orts of th" thr"" "n that

$"r" ro'ur"# *y th" t"a 2s "r th" ost?ort" r"orts th" *o#i"s ha" on" gunshot $oun#

"a'h, though it is not kno$n if th" *ull"ts ha" *""n s"nt for furth"r *allisti' t"sts, to as'"rtain

th" natur" of th" $"aon

!h" ost ort" of th" thr"" *oys $as 'on#u't"# on 100/01 at 16>/ 2M, C61/ 2M an# >60>

2M i" in th" "arly hours of -'to*"r 10 In all thr"" r"orts, it is r"'or#"# that rigor ortis ha#

#""lo"# in th" u"r art of th" *o#y an# $as #""loing in lo$"r art 2ll thr"" ost ort"s

ha" r"'or#"# th" 'aus" of #"ath as sho'k an# *loo# loss #u" to ant"?ort" injuri"s 3hil"

fir"ar injuri"s ar" r"'or#"# in ost?ort"s in th" 'as" of 2jal, th" ostort" r"'or#s +-n"

"talli' *ull"t r"'o"r"# fro a*#oinal 'aity an# s"al"# an# han#"# o"r to 'onsta*l" !h"

'onsta*l"s $"r" Fail Fuar an# Sat"n#ra Fuar (88E an# 1EE) of Fot$ali thana -f th"

si@t""n "ol" i#"ntifi"# (all Jats), nin" ha" *""n arr"st"# $hil" s""n ar" still fr"" !hos" notarr"st"# y"t in'lu#" 4ar*ir, 4ar"n#"r, Sansaral an# Mang" Ra

4ussainur Muslis sai# this $as not a 4in#u?Musli fight *ut $as #u" to th" +goon#as n"@t

#oor in Mohaa#ur Raisingh So" 'all"# it a +Jat?Musli uarr"l !h" t$o 4in#us sitting

aroun# $ith us at 4ussainur agr""# -n" aong th" $as on th" 2an 7oitt"" of th"

illag"

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!h" illag"rs at 4ussainur sai# that Muslis fro so" of th" n"ar*y illag"s $ho ha# tak"n

sh"lt"r in th"ir illag" at th" ti" of h"ight"n"# t"nsion in th" #istri't ha# r"turn"# to th"ir

illag"s !h" Jats of th"s" illag"s ha# th"s"l"s tak"n th" r"sonsi*ility of th" s"'urity of th"s"

Muslis 4o$""r, th" Muslis fro Mohaa#ur Raisingh #i# not $ant to go *a'k *"'aus"

th"y f""l that on'" th"y go *a'k th"y shall *" r"ssuri%"# to $ith#ra$ 'as"s against thos" Jats

$ho stan# a''us"# of th" iol"n'" against th", or th" 'as"s 'oul# *" 'los"# 2ar"ntly, th"r"

ar" 0E 'as"s against i#"ntifi"# "rsons an# 0/ against unna"# "rsons

R"si#"nts of 4ussainur rou#ly sai# that th"r" ha# n""r *""n any 'ounal t"nsion th"r", not

in 08C9 or in 088. in th" aft"rath of #"olition of Ba*ri Masji# !h"y sai# that all illag"s,

"@'"t thos" #oinat"# *y Jats, ha" 2an 'oitt""s !h"y $"r" "ually "hati' that if

anyon" of th"ir r"ligious l"a#"rs took any osition on th"ir *"half, $ithout 'onsulting th", th"y

$oul# r"j"'t it

Faish Fhan sai#, an# th" oth"rs agr""#, that th"r" ar" goo# Jats as $"ll *ut so"ho$ all trou*l"s

ha" *""n in Jat #oinat"# illag"s alon" Jat aggr"ssion, "s"'ially against Muslis, is a fa't of

""ry#ay lif" in th" ar"a

Most of th" 4ussainur "ol" say th" Mohaa#ur Raisingh Jats r"s"nt th" r"lati" so'io?

"'onoi' su''"ss of Muslis h"r" Many of th" lo'al Muslis ar" $orking outsi#" th" #istri't in

D"lhi, Jaiur, Mo#inagar an# oth"r arts !h"y s"n# on"y *a'k ho" Many Musli faili"s

ha" a##"# on" or" roo, on" or" floor to th"ir hous"s !h" Pra#han of 4ussainur has

*ought A *ighas of agri'ultural lan# fro a Jat, as ha" a 'oul" of oth"r Muslis r"s"nt th"r"

!his is #""ly r"s"nt"# *y th" Jats

!h" r"si#"nts 'olain"# insightfully that failur" of th" sugar ills to o"n at a ti" $h"n

sugar'an" 'rushing shoul# ha" alr"a#y *""n un#"r$ay $as also aggraating th" r"ailing'ounal t"nsion, *"si#"s 'ausing finan'ial ins"'urity !h"y f""l that things $ill *"'o"

noral if th" a#inistration stri'tly a#h"r"s to its #uti"s If th" rat"s of sugar'an" 'oul# *" fi@"#

an# th" ills 'oul# *" start"#, "ol" $oul# go a*out th"ir *usin"ss an# not ha" ti" for

is'hi"f !h"y also f"lt that th" in'i#"nts of iol"n'" 'oul# *" #i"rsionary ta'ti's to r""nt

far"rs fro laun'hing a unit"# struggl" for *"tt"r sugar'an" ri'"s

-n *"ing ask"# a*out th" in'i#"nts of sugar'an" fi"l#s *"ing s"t on fir" an# th" 'lai of

Mohaa#ur Jats that Muslis $"r" *"hin# su'h a'ts, th" 4ussainur illag"rs infor"# us of

an in'i#"nt $h"r"in th"r" ha# *""n a fir" in th" sugar'an" fi"l#s of so" Jats r"'"ntly !h"y sai#6

+3" $"r" infor"# *y a #ri"r, $" 'all"# th" oli'" an# h"l"# to ut out th" fir" !h"y also

sai# that aroun# th" 08th or th" ./th of -'to*"r, th"y ha# #is'ussions $ith th" Jats of

Mohaa#ur to fi@ tiings for $ork in th"ir r"s"'ti" fi"l#s 2s "r th" agr"""nt, sin'" th"

fi"l#s of Mohaa#ur Raisingh $"r" n"ar"r 4ussainur, th" far"rs fro Mohaa#ur $oul#

$ork th"ir fi"l#s #uring th" orning hours, $hil" thos" fro 4ussainur $oul# $ork th"ir fi"l#s

in th" ""nings 4o$""r, th"r"aft"r, th"r" $"r" no furth"r #is'ussions *"t$""n th" t$o illag"s

an# a 'liat" of gr"at f"ar r"ail"#

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0oices from the relief camps,

Shasha# (th" 2IFMS a'tiist) ha# tol# us that at r"s"nt th"r" ar" 00 'as, all of Muslis

!h" "arli"r t"a of National Minoriti"s 7oission $hi'h ha# gon" on S"t"*"r 08 ha# not"#

C0 'as $ith >/,0A/ "rsons, of $hi'h 0E,/// $"r" fro Shali an# th" r"st fro

Mu%affarnagar #istri't, as r""al"# to th" *y th" a#inistration !h"y $"r" tol# that th" "ffortof th" a#inistration $as to "nsur" th" saf"ty of th" 'a r"si#"nts an# "nsur" th"ir r"turn !h"

'as $"r" r"#oinantly of Muslis, ainly th" lan#l"ssK$"a"rs, s"lf?"loy"# artisans,

Gohars, "t' !hat r"ort r"'or#"# that *y th" ti" of th"ir isit, C> #"aths ha# *""n r"gist"r"#K.8

in Mu%affarnagar (8 4in#u, ./ Muslis), 0. in Shali, 1 in M""rut, 0 in 4aur an# 0 in

Saharanur !h" 'a this 7oission isit"# ho$""r $as in Faalur t"l" !h"y $"r" S7

faili"s (>A) fro Bassi Falan $ho ha# fl"# fro th"r", not *"'aus" th"y $"r" su*j"'t to

iol"n'" *ut *"'aus" th"y f"ar"# r"taliation fro r"fug""s fro oth"r illag"s $ho $"r"

sh"lt"r"# in th"ir Musli ajority illag" !his 'a $as $"ll roi#"# for !h"r" $as a han#

u, toil"t, t"a of #o'tors an# P47 $ork"rs 3hil" th" 7oission=s t"a $as th"r", th"

ra#han of Bassi Falan arri"# at th" 'a to urg" th" Dalits to r"turn ho"

-ur t"a $"nt to t$o 'as, on" at ShahurKShahur 7a No 0, an# th" oth"r at Bassi Falan

!h" Bassi Falan 'a $as lo'at"# in th" lo'al a#arsa !h"r" $"r" aroun# 0>/ faili"s liing

th"r" in t"nts sin'" S"t"*"r A !h"r" $"r" no oli'""n to *" s""n in th" i'inity of th" 'a

in or#"r to "nsur" th" s"'urity of th" 'a !h" "ol" $ho sought sh"lt"r h"r" r"ort"# th"y

$"r" first gi"n rations in *ulk *y th" go"rn"nt !his $as roi#"# through th" Ma#arsa

7oitt"" !h"s" last"# 0>?./ #ays an# $"r" ina#"uat" 2ft"r this, suli"s $"r" gi"n to th"

'a on a "r faily *asis6 5"ry t"nt got .> kilos of uls"s an# $h"at, so" 'ooking oil, salt

an# sugar !h" suli"s r"a'h"# th" in t$o install"nts 2t th" ti" of our isit, ho$""r, th"r"

ha# *""n no furth"r suli"s fro th" go"rn"nt !h"s" faili"s $"r" 'ooking th"ir "alss"arat"ly an# $"r" r"lying larg"ly on $hat th" a#rasa roi#"# to th" !h" Jaaat $as

roi#ing th" 'harity

2ll th" "rsons $" talk"# to sai# that th"y #i# not $ant to go *a'k to th"ir illag"s *"'aus" of

i'ious atta'ks *y th" Jats of th"ir o$n illag" $ho th"y kno$ an# r"'ogni%" N"ith"r ha#

anyon" fro th" Jat 'ounity 'o" to ask th" to 'o" *a'k

!h"y also r"'ount"# th" "norous ro*l"s th"y fa'"# in 'laiing 'o"nsation6

Un#"rstan#ing th" languag" of th" #o'u"nts, th" fors r"uir"# to *" fill"#, arranging

i#"ntifi'ation a"rs for o"ning *ank a''ounts $h"n th"y ha# fl"# fro th"ir ho"s $ith no

*"longings an# issing na"s fro th" list of 'laiants ar" aong th" o*sta'l"s th"y fa'" !h"la'k of #o'u"nts "ant that th"y ha" not *""n a*l" to o"n *ank a''ounts or arrang" for

alt"rnat" s'hools for th"ir 'hil#r"n

or 'laiing th" 'o"nsation th"y $"r" r"uir"# to su*it an affi#ait that th"y $ill n""r

r"turn to th" illag", an# $ill n""r 'lai 'o"nsation for th"ir ioa*l" ro"rti"s !h"

affi#ait r"a#s6

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!hat ys"lf an# "*"rs of y faily ha" 'o" l"aing our illag" an# ho" *"ing

t"rrori%"# #u" to iol"nt in'i#"nts in (na" of th" illag") illag" an# we will not

now return to our original villageand home under any circumstances

!hat th" lusu finan'ial h"l *"ing gi"n for y faily *y th" :ot $ill only *"

us"# *y " to r"ha*ilitat" y faily By this on"y I $ill li" $ith y faily oluntarilyarranging for r"si#"n'" at aroriat" la'" elsewhere

!hat in th" 'on#ition of r"'"iing lusu finan'ial h"l aount, ys"lf or "*"rs of

y faily will not demand compensation relating to any damage to any immovable property

in my village or elsewhere

!hat aft"r r"'"iing th" finan'ial h"l fro th" go"rn"nt for aking sh"lt"rr"si#"n'"

for ys"lf y faily, ys"lf an# y faily shall not again li" in any r"li"f 'a

Many of th" r"fug""s, $hil" $illing to sign th" affi#ait, $"r" ar"h"nsi" of th" 'on#itions

"ntion"# 3h"n our t"a u"stion"# th" ra#han of Bassi Falan ($ho is o"r all in?'harg" of

anaging th" affairs of this 'a) a*out th" 'on#itions in th" affi#ait in light of th"

ar"h"nsions "@r"ss"#, h" ru**ish"# th"s" ar"h"nsions 3" $"r" tol# that aroun# .>?1/

"ol" ha# gon" to Distri't -ffi'", Mu%affarnagar, to #is'uss this issu"

$he physical conditions at the camp

!h" "ntran'" to th" r"li"f 'a at Bassi Falan is guar#"# *y th" larg" grill"# gat" of th"

a#rasa Insi#", th"r" $"r" ools of #irty $at"r an# so" 'hullahs *"t$""n th" t"nts sho$ing

sign of r"'"nt 'ooking !h" t"nts $"r" 'los" to "a'h oth"r an# a*out E= @ >= 3" $"r" tol# .//

faili"s li"# in this 'a !h" 'as $"r" *"r"ft of any 'ii' a"niti"s $orth th"ir na" !h"f"$ o*il" toil"ts that $"r" roi#"# *y th" a#inistration $"r" $ithout running $at"r or

fa'iliti"s for #isosal of th" a''uulat"# huan $ast" an# h"n'" $"r" not *"ing us"# *y th"

"ol" any or" P"ol" $"r" aking #o $ith 'ounity tas (if on" $as aaila*l") or tas in

n"ar*y hous"s to g"t $at"r for #aily us" !h"r" $"r" no fa'iliti"s for "#i'al 'h"'k?us first ai#

at th" 'as, "ith"r arrang"# *y th" a#inistration or riat"ly *y th" Jaaat

2s against th" 'a at Bassi Falan, th" 'as at Shahur 'oris"# of t"nts ut u on th"

"ty r"si#"ntial lots of lan# !h"s" n"$ t"nts ha# *""n #onat"# *y th" Jaaat 3hil" at Bassi

Falan th" t"a "t ainly "n, at Shahur th" r"son#"nts $"r" ainly $o"n Many of th"

t"nts s"""# strang"ly "ty (!h" r"si#"nts 'lai"# th" "nfolk ha# st""# out to fin# $ork,ursu" th" r"uir"# a"r$ork So" r"si#"nts of th" t"nts ha# *""n sh"lt"r"# in ho"s in th"

illag" as $"ll)

Maulana Na%ar, an a'tiist of th" Jaaat, $ho $" 'onta't"# on th" hon", off"r"# to tak" us to

sit"s in Mu%affarnagar 'ity to sho$ us $h"r" hous"s ar" roos"# to *" 'onstru't"# for th" riot

#isla'"# faili"s !h"s" alt"rnati" arrang""nts ar" *"ing su"ris"# *y th" Jaaat

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In t"rs of #isla'""nt fro th"ir ho"s in th" n"ar*y illag"s this aount"# to loss of

s"'urity of a roof o"r th"ir h"a#, l"a#ing to in'r"as"# "@osur" to anti?so'ial "l""nts "s"'ially

of th" young girls an# oth"r f"al"s It has *""n r"ort"# in oth"r "nuir"s that th"r" ha" *""n

instan'"s of ra" of young girls in th" 'as !his has l"# to in'r"as"# $orri"s for th" ar"nts

r"gar#ing th" saf"ty of th"ir 'hil#r"n, "s"'ially th" a#ol"s'"nt girls 2 nu*"r of arriag"s of

un#"rag" girls ha" *""n r"ort"# fro th"s" 'as !his 'oul# $"ll *" a "asur" *y faili"s to

g"t ri# of th" r"sonsi*ility of saf"ty of young girls

2s "r th" stat""nt of th" r"si#"nts in th" 'as th"y ar" *"ing in'r"asingly r"ssuri%"# no$ to

a'at" th" 'as at th" "arli"st, "s"'ially if th"y ha" a''"t"# go"rn"nt 'o"nsation along

$ith its atta'h"# 'on#itions

!h"r" s"""# to *" so" 'ontra#i'tion in th" i"$s "@r"ss"# *y th" 'a r"si#"nts r"gar#ing

th" rol" of th" go"rn"nt 2 "*"r of th" 'oitt"" anaging th" 'a, Ja""l (fro

illag" ;ut*a) sai# th" go"rn"nt ha# in#""# roi#"# h"l 4o$""r, this $as 'ontra#i't"# *y

anoth"r young an fro th" sa" illag", Moin, $ho s""r"ly 'riti'i%"# th" aathy of th"go"rn"nt to$ar#s th"ir 'on#ition No on" has r"turn"# to $ork Many r"turn"# to th"ir ho"s

$ith oli'" to r"'o"r $hat th"y 'oul# of th"ir *"longings an# anials

'illing of !rfan kabadi on )ovember *+ ,-./:

3h"n th" t"a isit"# th" Shahur ar"a in th" #istri't, a *an#h $as *"ing o*s"r"# in th" to$n

!h"r" $as "r'"ti*l" t"nsion $ith a oss" of oli'""n r"s"nt in th" ain ark"t along th"

ain roa# of th" to$n !h" t"nsion ha# *uilt u follo$ing th" killing of on" Irfan fro th" ar"a

!his is th" lat"st in th" s"ri"s of killings in th" ar"a sin'" th" initial iol"n'" at Faal illag"

3h"n $" isit"# Shahur $" 'oul# s"" oli'""n at th" 'rossing an# at ark"t la'"s, $hi'h

$"r" all 'los"# -n talking to "ol" in'lu#ing on" oli'"an $" l"arnt that th" suort"rs of

Dr 4ar""r Singh, a r"gist"r"# "#i'al ra'tition"r of th" ar"a an# a kno$n RSS a'tiist, ha#

thr"at"n"# a *an#h till th" arr"st of 0> Muslis fro th" r"fug"" 'as $ho h" all"g"# ha#

*urnt his sho in th" Shahur ark"t on No"*"r E ro Shasha# $" ha# l"arnt that $h"n

h" $"nt to Shahur to$n on No"*"r 9 at 0061/ 2M, th" ain str""t $as ""rily sil"nt, th"

"ntir" *a%aar $as 'los"# an# "ol" $"r" stan#ing aroun# talking in grous Poli'" S"'ial

or'"s an# "#ia $"r" also r"s"nt

By utting tog"th"r th" aaila*l" i"'"s of inforation $" 'oul# 'onstru't th" follo$ing

s"u"n'" of ""nts6 So" *oys fro th" 'as ha# gon" to th" ark"t in Shahur $h"r" th"y

i#"ntifi"# an# oint"# out on" of th" Jats a''us"# of iol"n'" against Muslis to oth"rs r"s"nton th" sot 2 ajority of thos" r"s"nt $"r" Muslis, as Shahur is a Musli ajority to$n

!h" a''us"# $as i#"ntifi"# as Qog"n#"r $ho $as guilty of iol"n'" at ;ut*a?Fut*i fro $h"r"

any of th" r"fug""s at Shahur ha# 'o" !h" Muslis surroun#"# Qog"n#"r, *"at hi u an#

han#"# hi o"r to th" oli'" In th" "ntir" "iso#" Irfan, a s'ra "r'hant, ha# lay"# an

iortant rol" Irfan us"# to go to #iff"r"nt illag"s to *uy s'ra an# lo'al Muslis tol# us that

"arli"r in th" #ay Irfan ha# ha"n"# to t"ll Dr 4ar""r Singh of his o""nts #uring th" #ay

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Irfan $as lat"r shot #"a# *"t$""n Shahur an# n"ar*y 7han#ur Sus"'ting that ro*a*ly

4ar""r ha# ti"# Irfan=s kill"rs of his o""nt, th" lo'al Muslis 'a" to hi to rot"st

$h"r"uon th"y say that 4ar""r Singh s"t fir" to his o$n sho an# ili'at"# 0> Musli "n

fro th" 'a $ho ha# "arli"r *""n inol"# in Qog"n#"r=s arr"st

!he administration1s ta#e on the events in Muzaffarnagar

-ur isit to th" Distri't Magistrat"=s (DM) offi'" on No"*"r .9 'oin'i#"# $ith a #harna *y

BFU to #"an# fi@ation of aroriat" sugar'an" ri'"s that $as att"n#"# *y th" far"rs fro

a'ross 'ast"s an# th" 'ouniti"s on th" *asis of th" 'oon int"r"st !h" gath"ring $as uit"

ilitant *ut non?iol"nt !h" DM 'oul# not *" 'onta't"# as h" $as a$ay fro th" offi'" 3"

$"r" a*l" to talk to th" 2DM (2#inistration), In#raani !riathi 2''or#ing to hi, all 'as,

"@'"t th" on" at Goyi, ha" *""n $oun# u an# "ol" ha" *""n gi"n Rs> lakhs as

'o"nsation, #"osit"# in th"ir *ank a''ounts

-n *"ing r"in#"# that th" affi#ait sai# that aft"r r"'"iing th" 'o"nsation th" "ol" $oul#

forf"it all 'lais to #aag"s to th"ir ioa*l" ro"rty an# 'an n""r go *a'k to th"ir illag"san# 'annot ""n *uil# a hous" in th" ar"a, h" sai# that thos" roisions ha" *""n r"o"# an#

th"y 'an go to th"ir illag"s if th"y so $ish"# But h" #i# not sho$ any go"rn"nt or#"r to that

"ff"'t +!h" affi#ait only says that thos" signing u for Rs> lakh r"li"f shoul# not ask for any

or" 'o"nsation fro th" go"rn"nt !h"y 'an tak" oth"r st"s, !riathi tol# us !his is at

arian'" $ith th" languag" of th" affi#ait

4" 'onfir"# th" offi'ial figur"s of #"aths as 0> 4in#us, ostly Jats an# >8 Muslis 2''or#ing

to hi only 09/ faili"s ar" l"ft to *" r"ha*ilitat"# !h"y all ar" at Goyi an# th"y a## u to 0/9A

"ol" 4" tri"# to 'onin'" us that out of f"ar th"y #o not $ant to go to th"ir ho"s an# ar"

s"ttling #o$n in th" n"igh*orhoo# of Musli ajority ar"as -n *"ing u"stion"# a*out #ang"rof furth"r gh"ttoi%ation of so'i"ty, h" sai# that so" of th" ar" s"ttling in non?Musli ar"as

also !h" go"rn"nt, h" sai#, s"nt Rs1 to 1> 'ror" on sulying roisions to th" 'as 2

total of A/E faili"s ha# tak"n 'o"nsation $hi'h is C/// to C>// "ol" an# th" on"y s"nt

on this uros" $as RsC/1 'ror"s 4" "'ho"# th" go"rn"nt oli'y for th" #istri*ution of

r"li"f through Int"%aia 'oitt""s 'ontroll"# *y r"ligious organi%ations an# Ma#rasas !h"

Shial Qa#a 7oitt"", s"t u in th" i"#iat" aft"rath of th" riots, r"'o"n#"# to th"

stat" that r"li"f *" #istri*ut"# through th" +'ounity organi%ations of Muslis !his syst",

ho$""r, has "@tra't"# a toll on th" Musli r"fug""s, $ho ar" in'r"asingly un#"r r"ssur" fro

th" Ma#arsa 7oitt""s not to r"turn to th"ir original illag"s an# 'ontinu" to stay in th"

Musli?#oinat"# illag"sMr !riathi also "'ho"# th" g"n"ral Jat narrati" that in th" gr""# for 'o"nsation Muslis #o

not $ant to go *a'k to th"ir illag"s, 4" 'oul# not, ho$""r, "@lain $hy this $as so if su'h

roisions of th" affi#ait $"r" no long"r r"l"ant

!h" 2DM sai# that Muslis $ill #"finit"ly us" th" 'o"nsation to *uy lan# lo'ally, in 'as"

th"y #o not $ant to r"turn to th" illag"s th"y ran a$ay fro 4" sai# this is +natural +!h"y

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$ill o*iously $ant to li" n"ar th"ir o$n 'ounity +!his is *ut naturalit ha"ns

""ry$h"r", ""n in D"lhi 4" sai# that 'oosit" 'ultur" is not aff"'t"# *y this 'hang"

N"ar th" DM offi'" $" "t t$o lo'al journalists Ma#an Baliyan an# Dilsha# Malik (a Mula Jat)

2''or#ing to th", on S"t"*"r A, $h"n th" raag" *"gan, th" ary $as 'all"# an# $as in

th" to$n for or" than si@ hours *"for" *"ing #"loy"# !h" Su"rint"n#"nt of Poli'" at th"

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