A Hindu family from Kandhla, Uttar Pradesh was surprised when its members appeared in BJP MP Hukum Singh’s list of Hindus ‘migrants’ who had supposedly left the region fearing persecution by a certain community. Not only does the family still live in the region, it also provides shelter to a Muslim family who settled in Kandhla after fleeing the Muzaffarnagar riots.
At number 44 in Hukum Singh’s list of 63 – himself an accused in 2013 Muzaffarnagar violence case – is the family of Sukhpal, a 49-year-old farmer, reports The Hindu. Sukhpal’s brother Yash Pal has rented a house to Fahmida, who fled from her house near Muzaffarnagar during the riots in 2013.
Sukhpal’s wife was surprised to find her family on the list when The Hindu reporter approached the house for verification of Hukum Singh’s list.