Tale of 'revenge' to errand that ended in death — anger, remorse among families of Haldwani victims

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Police and Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel stand guard, in full gear, to prevent any resurgence of violence...

For Shimmi of Gaffur Basti,the 8 February violence dealt a double blow to her family she lost her husband, 45-year-old Zahid Hussain, and 18-year-old son Mohammed Anas, in one fell swoop..

Meanwhile, Zahids brother-in-law Mohsin Ansari, upon hearing about his missing family members, went searching too.I got to know that my brother-in-law was shot and I started looking for him when I found that my nephew Anas, too, had been shot and was lying at the nearby square..

At around 7 pm on 8 February, Faheem Qureshi was sitting on the roof of his house Banbhoolpuras Line No. 16, located just 100 metres away from Malik ka Bagicha, along with his brothers when he spotted his neighbour Sanjay Sonkar, his two sons and a man named Raju, attempting to torch his vehicle...

Faheems cousin Javed told ThePrint that when Faheem intervened, trying to stop Sonkar from splashing petrol on his Tata magic mini pick-up vehicle, Sonkar shot him...