Amid DJ music and beating drums, a Muslim family’s home is bulldozed in Ujjain
Three boys had been accused of spitting at a Hindu procession in the Madhya Pradesh town.
On July 19, officials of the Municipal Corporation of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh pasted an eviction notice on the gate of Ashraf Hussain Mansoori’s three-storey home.
The notice, dated July 18, declared that Mansoori’s home was a “dangerous building”. Municipal laws state that in such cases, occupants should be given a month’s time to comply with the notice or file objections.
But within an hour, bulldozers arrived outside Mansoori’s home, he said. Officials also brought along drummers and a vehicle loaded with a DJ-style music system. A crowd watched on as earthmovers tore down most parts of Mansoori’s home to the pounding of loud drums and shrill music.
