Original Delhi: Hindu and Muslim communities collectively current Eid on Tuesday at Jahangirpuri’s Kushal Chowk by exchanging sweets and hugs, giving a message of peace and harmony in the space that witnessed communal violence final month.
The locals additionally handled the protection personnel deployed there to sweets.
“Last month became once rather powerful for the folk of Jahangirpuri. This present day, on the occasion of Eid, we gathered at Kushal Chowk. We exchanged sweets and hugged each and each varied and despatched a message of harmony and peace. This reveals folk in Jahangirpuri are residing in harmony and admire each and each varied’s religions,” a representative from the Muslim community Tabrez Khan said.
Khan expressed hope that beefy normalcy will return in the space soon.
“The downside is bettering. Normalcy has returned to a plentiful extent and we are looking out forward to total normalcy in the upcoming days,” he said.
Police said they’ve ensured ample safety preparations on the occasion of Eid.
Usha Rangnani, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) said, “We now have ample safety and legislation preparations put in attach across the district. Aman Committee meetings were performed as repeatedly to defend peace and tranquillity in the total areas.”
Within the interim, retail outlets in and round Kushal Chowk–rather than for the main lane in Block C where a mosque is found— have reopened.
Hawkers and customers have additionally returned for industry.
Indramani Tiwari, the president of the Residents’ Welfare Affiliation, who represented the Hindu community, said Eid is being current in a aloof manner.
“We’re celebrating Eid collectively and looking out forward to this harmony to live among the folk. There is peace in the space and we request total normalcy soon,” Tiwari said.
Clashes broke out between the two communities for the duration of a Hanuman Jayanti procession in Jahangirpuri, by which eight police personnel and a local resident were injured.
Per week after the violence, Hindus and Muslims had collectively taken out a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ in Jahangirpuri’s C block – the epicentre of the April 16 clashes – giving a message of peace and harmony.
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