All of the families of the five dead men say they were shot and killed by police.
Zaheer Ahmed had just returned home from work in northern India last Friday afternoon and stepped out for a smoke before lunch.His death, and the killing by gunfire of four other Muslim men the same afternoon in the mainly Muslim neighbourhood, made it the most intense burst of violence in two weeks of protests.
In the aftermath, distrust and anger between the Muslim community in the area where the deaths happened and security forces has deepened, as protests to the law enter their third week.Residents say police broke several CCTV cameras in the area before the violence began.was unable to independently verify those accounts, but did review CCTV footage from two cameras on shops in the area.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said in a televised statement last week that he would take “revenge” against those behind the violence and make them pay for the public damage.Zaheer Ahmed’s home lies in a jumble of lanes that make up the crowded Lisari Gate area. The 45-year-old, who sold cattle fodder for a living, had coloured his hair that day for a family wedding, said his 22-year-old niece Shaheen.
“I suddenly saw Zaheer fall down,” said Naseem, adding that he had seen some police officers rushing into the lane just before. “I thought he fell unconscious. It all happened within minutes.”Neighbours brought his body home. It gives minorities who migrated from three neighbouring countries a path to citizenship, except for Muslims. Critics say it is an attack on India’s secular foundations.
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