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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''2015 Bharuch riots''' took place in [[Hansot]] village of [[Bharuch district]], [[Gujarat]] state in [[India]]. It was caused by communal tensions from a number of events between the [[Hinduism in India|Hindu majority]] and the [[Islam in India|Muslim minority]]. The riots resulted in the deaths of three people, an unknown number of injuries, as well as several homes and businesses being [[arson|burnt down]].<br />
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==Probable causes==<br />
Events of communal tensions before the riots: <br />
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1) '''9-11 December 2014''' Regarding pornographic cartoons of the [[Prophet Muhammad]] circulated on the internet by Sunil Patel (Sunil Mansukhbhai Patel) of [[Ambheta]] village.<ref>Gujarat: Muslim leaders visit riots-affected Hansot and Ambheta on fact finding mission<br />
[http://indianmuslimobserver.com/2015/01/25/gujarat-muslim-leaders-visit-riots-affected-hansot-and-ambheta-on-fact-finding-mission/]</ref><ref name="The Hindu 2015">{{cite web | title=Two dead, one critical after communal clashes in Bharuch | website=The Hindu | date=2015-01-15 | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/two-dead-one-critical-after-communal-clashes-in-bharuch/article6791548.ece | accessdate=2015-11-21}}</ref><br />
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2) '''14 December 2014 - 5 January 2015''' The attempted [[Forced conversion|forcible conversion]] and [[ethnic cleansing]] of the family of Mohammed Gulam Hafiz Danavala in Katpore village by a [[Hindu fundamentalist]] mob. Numerous district wide attacks and threats to the minority Muslim community, in particular the villages of Sajod, [[Ilav]], and Shera.<br />
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3) '''14 January 2015''' Kite-flying incident in [[Ambheta]] village, where a Muslim boy was beaten by a Hindu mob, which later turned into a communal riot in the village.<ref name="India TV News 2015">{{cite web | title=Three killed, 10 injured in riot in Gujarat's Bharuch district | website=India TV News | date=21 November 2015 | url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/three-killed-10-injured-in-riot-in-gujarat-bharuch-district-46432.html | accessdate=21 November 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Casualties==<br />
===Deaths===<br />
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The riots left three people dead.<ref name="outlookindia.com 2015">{{cite web | title=Gujarat: Three Killed in Communal Clashes in Bharuch - Jan 14,2015 | website=outlookindia.com | date=2015-11-16 | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/gujarat-three-killed-in-communal-clashes-in-bharuch/877278 | accessdate=2015-11-21}}</ref> <br />
One victim died on the spot and two died in hospital.<ref name="India Today 2015">{{cite web | title=Gujarat: 3 killed in communal clashes in Bharuch district : Latest of the Lot, News | website=India Today | date=2015-01-15 | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/communal-violence-gujarat-bharuch-people-killed/1/413336.html | accessdate=2015-11-21}}</ref><br />
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Two men of the majority Hindu community and one man of the minority Muslim community, were brutally murdered in the infamous [[Sunevkhurd]] village '''Ambulance Attack''', where an ambulance under police protection was surrounded and attacked by a Muslim mob, resulting in the Hindu patient inside the ambulance, who had already had his skull hacked open and exposed, being left stranded and later dying to his injuries.<br />
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===Injuries===<br />
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Multiple victims of both the minority Muslim and majority Hindu communities.<br />
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===Destruction/damage to assets including property and livestock===<br />
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Initially, a shop belonging to a Hindu and a shop belonging to a Muslim were burnt in [[Hansot]]. Later on, houses of Hindus were burnt by angry rioting Muslim mobs.<ref name="India 2015">{{cite web | author=India | title=Day after clashes, tension in Bharuch | website=The Indian Express | date=16 January 2015 | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/day-after-clashes-tension-in-bharuch/ | accessdate=21 November 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Aftermath==<br />
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Families were forced to take refuge in the neighbouring [[Surat district]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peacemap.in/reports/view/159?l=ka_GE|title=Saffron hue to govt’s green drive, CM opens Janki Van to public - Peacemap|website=peacemap.in|accessdate=4 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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[[Gujarat Police|State Police]] had to fire tear gas to control the rioting mobs.<ref name="Singh 2015">{{cite web | last=Singh | first=Neha | title=Gujarat: 3 Killed, 10 Injured in Communal Clash in Bharuch District | website=International Business Times, India Edition | date=Jan 15, 2015 | url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/gujarat-3-killed-10-injured-communal-clh-bharuch-district-620487 | accessdate=Nov 21, 2015}}</ref><br />
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The cremations took place after police deployed six companies of the [[Central Reserve Police Force]] and one company of the [[Rapid Action Force]] in the district.<ref name="The Times of India 2015">{{cite web | title=Two victims of Hansot riots cremated amid tension | website=The Times of India | date=16 January 2015 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/Two-victims-of-Hansot-riots-cremated-amid-tension/articleshow/45904134.cms | accessdate=21 November 2015}}</ref><br />
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Afterwards, the tension between the two parties eased and the riots came to an end.<br />
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==References==<br />
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