The deadly attack on the Anjuman Jama Masjid in Gurugram’s Sector 57, in the heart of the Millennium City — which left the Imam dead and a staff member seriously injured — gripped local residents with a sense of fear and disbelief. A few Muslim families have left the area to stay with relatives in Delhi, while others have moved to their hometowns until the situation returns to normal.
Hakim Khan, a civil contractor who lives in the area, said that the attack on the mosque and the murder of the Imam — despite Section 144 being in force in the district — had created a sense of fear. “I happened to pass this way around 11 p.m. and found that four or five policemen were sitting outside the mosque. I was sleeping at home when I got a call around 2 a.m. about the attack on the mosque. I rushed to this place to find that there was a lot of chaos and a fire tender was parked near it,” said Mr. Khan.
