Latehar Will Not Celebrate Holi After Cattle Traders’ Lynching

No Holi in Latehar after the killing of two Muslim traders who were selling cattle at a local market.

Buffaloes in local market. (Photo: PTI)

There is such a thing as “peace vigilantes” and they are doing their best to maintain harmony after the killing of two Muslim traders who were selling cattle at a local market.

Hindu community leaders in Balumath village in Latehar district of Jharkhand have decided not to celebrate Holi this year in empathy with the families of the victims, according to The Times of India. Instead, the peace vigilantes will take out a march without colour or revelry to bring Hindus and Muslims together.

The bodies of the Muslim traders who were hanged. (Photo: Greater Kashmir)

Latehar deputy commissioner Ravi Shankar Shukla said the lynching was the work of a fringe and that the people of both communities have been living peacefully for decades. “Post-lynching, the district administration has received more than expected help from both communities. They have maintained peace,” Shukla said. Everyone has a deep sense of remorse over the murders, he added.

<a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/No-Holi-in-Latehar-village-after-cattle-traders-lynching/articleshow/51503857.cms">Report in <i>The Times of India</i></a>