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The HinduThe murder of Subodh Kumar Singh, a police officer, on December 3 in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh during mob violence over an alleged case of cow slaughter sent shock waves across the State, including among Bharatiya Janata Party supporters. “ Subodh Kumar got Rs.50 lakh, his sons will get government jobs, his wife a salary; our brother’s memory should also be similarly honoured,” said Babli, his sister. Hindus are hiding and Muslims are roaming freely on the streets.” Muslims of the village, meanwhile, told Frontline that all the Bajrang Dal men, including Yogesh, had cut their choti s, removed the saffron spots from their foreheads and shaved their beards to hide from the police. “He did not get intimidated by the aggressiveness of Bajrang Dal members and did not allow Yogesh Raj to set foot inside the station,” one of them said, hinting that Yogesh might have nursed a personal grudge against the officer. He pulled Rajkumar Yadav out from behind the group and told Frontline that though he was a Hindu, they were like brothers, at which Yadav said: “More than just brothers.” When the Muslim devotees were caught in a traffic snarl, a Siva temple in a nearby village of Jainur threw open its doors to let the Muslims offer namaz on its premises.
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