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October 07, 2015

Uttar Pradesh, India’s Communal Tinderbox | Abheet Singh Sethi, IndiaSpend.org on The Wire - 07/10/2015

Uttar Pradesh accounted for a fifth of all religious conflicts–or “communal incidents”, as they are officially called–in India between 2010 and 2014, according to data tabled in the Lok Sabha.
Security personnel and people gather outside the house of Jai Prakash who was found dead under mysterious conditions at Bisara village where Mohammad Akhlaq was lynched by a mob after rumours of beef eating, in Dadri on Tuesday. Credit: PTI Photo by Atul Yadav

Read the full report at: http://thewire.in/2015/10/07/uttar-pradesh-indias-communal-tinderbox-12614/