Muzaffarpur communal tension aftermath captured in lens

By Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net,

Muzaffarpur: Communal violence broke out in Azizpur-Bahilwara village near Saraiya in Muzaffarpur district in north Bihar on January 18 that killed four persons and almost all the 56 Muslim (Pasmanda) households in the village were looted and burnt. The immediate spark of the communal tension was the murder of a Hindu (by caste Mallah, fishermen) boy named Bhartendu Sahni, 20, (reportedly in love with a girl from Pasmanda Muslim community, both belonging to the same village, and both studying in the same LS College of Muzaffarpur), who was missing since January 9.

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TwoCircles.net’s Mudassir Rizwan visited the village to assess the ground realities.


Place in village Azizpur where the dead body of 20 year old boy Bhartendu Sahni was found after he was allegedly murdered in an alleged case of ‘honour killing’
The place in Azizpur village where the body of 20-year-old Bhartendu Sahni was found buried. He was allegedly murdered due to his reported love affair with a girl from a Muslim family.


Burnt mosque of village Azizpur.
Several things, including wooden cots, burnt right outside the mosque in Azizpur village.


Burnt remains inside the mosque in village Azizpur-Bahilwara, including Holy Quran...Muzaffarpur
Remains of the burnt insides of the mosque at the Azizpur-Bahilwara village. The rioters did not spare even the Holy Quraan.


Akhtar Hussain, 60, was one of the four persons killed and burnt by the mob behind his house in Village Azizpur.
This was where Akhtar Hussain, 60, was allegedly burnt down by the rioting mob right behind his house (seen in the photo). He was one of the four killed during the riots.


One of the houses burnt by the mob in village Azizpur.
One of the houses burnt by the mob in Azizpur village.


Inside a burnt house in village Azizpur.
Inside a burnt house in Azizpur village.


Kamrun Khatoon, and elderly woman sitting and pondering outside of her burnt house in village Azizpur.
Kamrun Khatoon, an elderly woman, sitting and pondering outside her burnt house at Azizpur village.


Ruksana Khatoon of village Azizpur showing her burnt and looted house by the mob.
Ruksana Khatoon of village Azizpur showing her burnt and looted house.


Burnt motorcycle and tractor in village Azizpur.
Burnt motorcycle and tractor in Azizpur village.


During the arson houses that had gas cylinders caught fire and exploded. Remains of one such gas cylinder in village Azizpur.
Remains of an exploded domestic gas cylinder at one of the houses in Azizpur village.


Saeeda Khatoon, standing outside her house in Village Azizpur.
Saeeda Khatoon standing outside her burnt house in Azizpur village.


The house of Wasi Ahmad, whose daughter was allegedly in love with Bhartendu Sahni, who was allegedly murdered by girl’s brother in an alleged case of ‘honour killing’.
House of Wasi Ahmad in Azizpur village. It was his daughter that Bhartendu Sahni was reportedly in love with and was killed for it. Rioters also looted Ahmad’s house and tried to set it afire too.

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