Gurugram Mob Attack: Bigotry Over a Cricket Game is Kaafi Real

A Muslim family was attacked by a mob who entered their house after a fight broke out over a game of cricket.

(Photo: Aroop Mishra/The Quint)

Mohammad Sajid who lives with his wife and six children in Gurugram’s Dhamaspur village was attacked by a mob on the day of Holi, after a fight broke out during a game of cricket.

A video showing members of the Muslim family screaming for help, as a mob with rods and sticks barged into their home in Gurugram, emerged on Twitter on Friday, 22 March.

(Photo: Aroop Mishra/The Quint)

Sajid’s nephew and other members of the family were reportedly playing cricket at a vacant plot close to the house when they were accosted by two men on a bike.

The men allegedly questioned them about what they were doing there and then said, “Go to Pakistan and play.”

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