Muslim Community Voluntarily Gives ₹6L For Anti-CAA Protests Damages In UP
Members of the community came forward with contributions
Mumbai: Members of the Muslim community in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr handed over a cheque of ₹6.27 lakh to the district administration after Friday prayers for the damages to public property during anti-CAA protests.
Haji Akram, a member of the delegation who entrusted the Czech administration, said that the entire community had come forward to collect funds to pay for the damage to government vehicles and other property during the violent protests.
“We were saddened by the damage done to public and government property and hence we have come forward to hand over a check for Rs 6.27 lakh to pay the damages. Members of the community came forward with contributions,” ANI quoted Akram saying here.
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District Magistrate (DM), Bulandshahar, Ravindra Kumar praised the community’s move and said that it would ensure that such things do not happen in future.
“Violence erupted here last Friday, causing damage to government vehicles, wireless sets and others. This is a novel by the minority community in Bulandshahr, which has come forward on its own to pay the damage caused during that time, Kumar told ANI.
“I believe that with this we can also say that such incidents will not occur in the future and peace will be maintained,” he added.
Protests erupted in several parts of the country last week, including Uttar Pradesh, over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, which grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists, and Christians fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who came to India on or before December 31, 2014.
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