Complaint on NaMo app about Hindu exodus in Meerut sparks controversy

A committee has been formed following a complaint lodged on the NaMo app by a social worker claiming that 125 Hindu families had migrated from Prahlad Nagar in Meerut due to harassment of women by members of another community, even as officials said the matter pertained to local issues.

The complainant, Bhavesh Mehta, claimed that Hindu families are selling their homes and migrating out of fear. Hindu women are harassed by members of the other community and people are beaten up for objecting to it, he alleged.

ADG of police, Prashant Kumar, said he spoke to district officials about the complaint on the NaMo app. He denied that Hindus were migrating and claimed that the matter pertained to local issues. To resolve people's issues, a committee comprising the Meerut city magistrate and circle officer, Kotwali, has been constituted.

Police personnel have been deployed in the area to deal with law and order issues.

In 2016, a BJP MP, Hukum Singh, had alleged 346 Hindu families had left the town of Kairana in Shamli district due to threats from Muslims. The allegations triggered intense media scrutiny and criticism that the BJP was seeking to polarise the area ahead of the 2017 Assembly elections.

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