Eidi in their pockets, little ones dressed in bright salwar-kameez and sherwanis went around the village feasting on ice cream and golgappas, oblivious to the fear in their village. But the older children understood the tension that had gripped Khandawli on a solemn Eid, days after 15-year-old Junaid Khan was stabbed to death on a Mathura-bound train by a mob that mocked his skull cap and called him a “beef eater”.
Eidi in their pockets, little ones dressed in bright salwar-kameez and sherwanis went around the village feasting on ice cream and golgappas, oblivious to the fear in their village. But the older children understood the tension that had gripped Khandawli on a solemn Eid, days after 15-year-old Junaid Khan was stabbed to death on a Mathura-bound train by a mob that mocked his skull cap and called him a “beef eater”.