More than a fortnight after a Muslim family in Bhondsi was attacked and brutally beaten up by around two dozen goons armed with hockey sticks and iron rods, the two parties have now reached a compromise.
Muslim Ekta Manch chairman Hazi Shahzad Khan, who was part of the parleys between the two parties, confirmed to The Hindu that the Muslim family had submitted affidavits to the court saying that those arrested in the case were not involved in the attack on them, but had actually shifted them to hospital. Mr. Khan said the talks were going on between the two parties with local social workers acting as mediators for the past one week. The affidavits were submitted over the past two days, he said.
No compensation
Mr. Khan said the Muslim family did not seek any compensation in return for the compromise and the agreement was reached between the two parties to maintain communal harmony in the area. Sources privy to the talks, however, said the family was pressurised to reach the compromise.
Besides Mr. Khan, Ghata village Sarpanch Sukhbir Gurjar; Balram (Naya Gaon) and Krishan Kumar (Rewari) were also part of the deliberations.
Since a cross-FIR was registered against the members of the Muslim family, the complainant in the case will also submit an affidavit withdrawing their complaint against them. The complainant in the case are currently lodged in the jail.
‘Talks still on’
When contacted Mohammad Sajid, one of the victims, said talks were on, but the compromise was yet to be reached.
The assailants had attacked the family on March 21. The family had claimed that the accused hurled religious slurs at them and told them to go to Pakistan.
Another victim Dilshad, in the complaint, said the assailants forcibly entered their house and brutally beat up the men, the women and the children in the house. The assailants also threatened them to vacate the house before they left.
