Saharanpur is now looking calm after the violent protests on Friday. Despite this, there is a heavy police presence in the area as a precautionary measure. However, life has now returned to normal in the violence-hit area. There is nothing like fear. At the same time, there is an atmosphere of panic in the families of those whose names are involved in inciting violence. The condition is that they are not even opening the door of their house.
Outside the Jama Masjid, the same activity is visible as before. But, the scene that the shopkeepers saw on Friday is still fresh in their mind. With the large crowd that had left the mosque and some youths became furious, the danger was that anything could happen in the city. However, due to the promptness of the administration, the situation did not deteriorate much.
After the violence, Bhaskar reporter Poonam Kaushal took stock of the environment of the city and some such things came to the fore, which suggest that preparations for this violence were already done.
Violence broke out on last Friday near this main Jama Masjid of Saharanpur, but now the atmosphere is normal here.
Violence broke out on last Friday near this main Jama Masjid of Saharanpur, but now the atmosphere is normal here.
When we entered the mosque, it was time for evening prayers, but only a few worshipers were visible. People became uncomfortable seeing the media. However, after much effort, a few people agreed to talk. However, within a short time we were asked to leave the mosque.
Qazi-Imam said, this time fewer people come to the mosque
In view of any apprehension, this time the city Qazi and the Imam of Jama Masjid have decided that no crowd will be allowed to gather in Jama Masjid for Friday prayers. People were told that they should offer Friday prayers only in the mosques of their localities. The administration has also increased the strictness and is being monitored every step of the way.
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After all, why did the vendors not reach the market?
The mosque in front of which there were once packed carts every day was absent on the day of Friday's violence. The answer to this question was also given by the hawkers there.
It should be noted that no one had given the call for the demonstration. But the messages circulating on WhatsApp and social media had created an atmosphere of fear and dread. Perhaps this was the reason why people already had an apprehension that something might go wrong here. Usually Jama Masjid and the surrounding area are crowded with street vendors and handcarts, but on Friday the road was completely empty. There was no stall.
Says a shopkeeper, “The Muslim boy working at my shop told me to be careful on Friday and not to open the shop if possible.”
This is where the young man (anonymous) who set up a lemon-soda cart told us, "I didn't come with my handcart on Friday, because the shopkeepers had already told me that something might happen. All the other vendors too. Didn't come to the market."
Three times the crowd reached the mosque on the day of Juma
Mohammad Amir, who set up a fruit shop just opposite Jama Masjid, had opened the shop on Friday as well. Aamir says, 'That day there was three times the crowd as compared to the normal Friday. Nothing special happened in front of the mosque here, but the youth were talking that they have to register their protest. These were all young boys. After the prayer, the boys went towards the clock tower raising slogans. We later came to know after watching TV that there was a ruckus in Nehru Market.
Usually there are four to five thousand Namazis in Jama Masjid. But on the day of Jume, about 15 thousand people were involved in the demonstration. In Jama Masjid, people come to offer Namaz not only from Saharanpur city but also from nearby villages.
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