(Siasat News) Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Editor of Siasat Urdu Daily released Rs. 10 lakh for the victims of communal riots in Muzzaffar Nagar (U.P). this amount is placed at the disposal of Amanat Trust which functions under the supervision of Maulana Syed Mohammed Rabey Hussaini Nadvi, President All India Muslim Personal Law Board and Director of Nadvatul Ulema, Lucknow.
He has also requested the sympathizers of the community to come forward to donate generously for this victims.
Forty-five people have died in the prosperous sugarcane district of Muzaffarnagar and surrounding areas since clashes erupted between Muslims and majority Hindu Jats – a conservative farming community – in a sign of rising tension between the two groups ahead of general elections due by May. Government officials say 10 of the dead are Hindus.
The violence – which forced authorities to deploy the army and paramilitary forces, impose curfews and revoke gun licences in places where arms are plentiful – has ebbed, but many displaced Muslims refuse to return home, fearing more bloodshed.
They languish in some 40 schools and mosques which have been converted into relief camps across Muzaffarnagar and neighbouring areas, grateful for the safety in numbers and the three meals of rice and lentils provided daily.
—Siasat News