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Zafar Aafaq

India activist Afreen Fatima says her house bulldozed ‘illegally’

An earthmover demolishes Afreen Fatima's house in Prayagraj in India's Uttar Pradesh state [Ritesh Shukla/Reuters]

New Delhi, India – A young Muslim activist whose house was bulldozed by the authorities in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh says it was an “act of vendetta” by the government for the protests over comments made against Prophet Muhammad by officials of the country’s right-wing governing party.

Surrounded by a large posse of police in riot gear, authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj city on Sunday brought in earthmovers to demolish Afreen Fatima’s house as dozens of media people recorded the demolition.

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