Communal tension over damaged trident in Noida

2017-10-06

Main Information

  • Victim Names Undisclosed
  • Date of Incident 2017-10-06
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Undisclosed
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Sector 9, Noida, Sector 9, Noida
  • Party in Power SP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Sector 9, Noida
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

Communal tension erupted in Sector 9 in Noida near a mosque adjacent to the havan kund where a trident was found damaged. A common podium was built near the Chatai-Wali mosque to be used by the members of both the communities. Later some Hindus wanted to raise the podium by 3 feet and made it exclusively for the Hindus. The puja was performed on thursday night at the havan kund but the next morning the trident was found to be bent. The members of VHP and Bajrang Dal staged a protest near the podium. Around 200 police personnel were deployed to keep the situation peaceful.