Word: ajanwa
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...Singh Rana, a Hindu, serves as headman of Ajanwa, a remote village in eastern Gujarat. When Muslims were attacked in his area in March, he ran to the local police outpost. They refused to help. One constable asked why Rana was bothering, expressing his personal opinion that "the Muslims deserve to die like dogs." Rana called a local legislator who said paramilitary troops would be sent. But by then, 11 Muslims had been killed...
...Ajanwa's Hindus and Muslims had lived in peace for years: only in the past decade, with the rise of the BJP in both New Delhi and Gujarat, has the divide grown. Muslim survivors say BJP members led the attacks in March. Some were arrested, but the main organizers charged with the killings are still free. "If only those four or five people are caught, there would be no trouble in the village and we could go back," says Mushtaq, who chooses to live in the nearby town of Lunawada and commute to his farm 25 kilometers away. Local police...
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