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Moradabad: Muslim couple forced to sell house after protests by Hindu residents

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Muslim couple hounded out of their newly-purchased home by Hindu neighbours.

Hindu residents of the posh TDI City an upscale residential bloc in Moradabad began protesting on Tuesday night .

Dr Ashok Bajaj said he had sold the house to a Muslim family without consulting them.

The protest started after he introduced the Muslim couple to his neighbours as a gesture of goodwill.

Professor Tanvir Aeijaz says the sale of the house is "discriminatory and completely unconstitutional".

Anti-Muslim hate speech incidents have surged in the past decade under the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi .

The BJP has consistently denied these claims.

Prof Aeijaz says the incident in Moradabad shows that religious polarisation has sunk in.

But he says he feels hopeful that things will change for the better.

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informal

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English

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