Ghost towns in the days after the pogroms

by Mariya Salim, Twocircles.net

Shiv Vihar, New Dehli: In the days just after the pogroms, the areas worst hit by pogroms, were like ghost towns. Our correspondent, Mariya Salim has been on the ground documenting the forced transformation of these neighbourhoods. In this series of photos, she shares what she has witnessed. In particular, her photographs tell the stories of the specific, targeted and planned destruction of mosques and Muslim-owned homes and business.

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Madeena Masjid: What remains of Madeena Masjid in Shiv Vihar. The place has been burnt to ashes
Auliya Masjid: Another mosque that was attacked in Shiv Vihar
Auliya Masjid: The cylinders that were used to blow the place up can be seen along with burnt copies of the Quran
Auliya Masjid: The heat generated during the blasts melted the fans

Throughout the neighbourhood, Muslim-owned homes, shops, vehicles and properties in Shiv Vihar were specifically chosen for arson.

Nearby Gokulpuri tyre market was one of the worst hits by arson.

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