How killing of a monkey sparked communal tension in UP’s Shamli district
2019-10-05
The accused's family claims he shot the monkey in self-defense, but the Hindus in the area, who are supported by the local Bajrang Dal unit, claim the act "hurt sentiments" because the monkey is a representation of Lord Hanuman. In the communally sensitive Shamli area of Uttar Pradesh, the purported death of a monkey on Saturday by a Muslim man has widened religious fault lines once again, with no clarity on what truly happened.
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