An unfortunate incident of desacration of a Mosque resulted in clashes between two communities in the city of Mysore in South India. Three people were killed and According to the police, the victims have been identified as Mubarak (25), Junaid Pasha (15) and Tirupathi (46).
The trouble started following the desecration of a Mosque where a carcass of a slaughtered animal was found. When the news spread, a large number of people gathered outside the school.
Communal frenzy knows no sentiments and relations. In incidents of communal violence, the victims are the innocent people whose only commonality is poverty. Thursday's communal violence in Mysore starkly brought this out.
All the three killed in the violence were poor and innocent. Communal feelings made no sense to them. Whether it was truck driver Mubarak or Tirupathy, they had never imagined they would meet a gory end.
A crestfallen Hasina, mother of Mubarak, 22, says though she urged her son to have breakfast, he told her he would meet his friend and come back. "I waited for him till 12.30 pm, only to learn from my neighbours that he was stabbed to death," she said.
More tragic tale was that of Junaid, 14. When he died, his father, plastic goods hawker, was roaming in the same area, unaware of the tragedy. His mother Munzira Banu, who rushed to the spot on hearing the news of her son's death, initially said he was killed in the police firing. But police denied it saying he was stabbed.
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