Hindu residents create ruckus over special Ramzan prayers in Noida housing society

Tension erupts in Noida after dozens Muslims were obstructed from offering special Ramazan prayers in late evening at a housing society near Noida on Monday, said Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday.

Adequate number of cops were deployed at the at the Supertech Ecovillage 2 society, where the incident took place, under Bisrakh police station limits after a controversy erupted between Hindus and Muslims. The Muslims were offering prayers in a vacant room on the third floor above the commercial market of the society.

According to sources, the Hindus raised objection over “some outsiders” reciting Namaz there. The police said in a statement: “On being informed about some controversy in the society, officials of the local Bisrakh police station went to the spot and the Hindu community said we have no objection to all the people of our society offering Namaz but we have an objection to the fact that 6-7 people from other societies are coming to offer Namaz.”

Rambadan Singh, deputy commissioner of police (Central Noida), said the matter was amicably resolved. “The Muslim residents of the society have given it in writing that they will not offer namaz in the public area in the market and will do it either at their home or at their place of worship. As a precautionary measure, the police force has been deployed in the area in case of any untoward incident and to maintain law and order here,” the senior police officer said.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Noida) Rajeev Dixit said additional force was deployed at the site as a precautionary measure in view of the episode. “There is no law and order situation. The matter has been resolved. The deployment of police is part of precautionary measures,” Dixit told PTI.

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