Imam of Ashok Nagar mosque, says ‘Hindu brothers helped us’

New Delhi: A mosque in Ashok Nagar was burnt down on Tuesday. Hindutva mob shouting “Jai Shri Ram” paraded around the burning mosque. Shops within and around the masjid’s compound, including a footwear shop, were looted.

Alleged Imam of the mosque, in a video recording to Al Jazeera, said “While miscreants were entering the mosque, our Hindu brothers tried stopping them”