At least 200 Muslims have fled their village in the western Indian state of Rajasthan after a Hindu priest and his friends were alleged to have killed a Muslim folk singer late last month, police said on Wednesday. Trouble erupted in Dantal village near the India-Pakistan border on September 27, when a Hindu priest accused folk singer Ahmad Khan of making mistakes while reciting hymns to evoke a Hindu goddess. Police said the priest, Ramesh Suthar, and his friends then broke Khan’s musical instruments and killed him. He did not say how Khan was killed, but said Suthar had been arrested. “For one small mistake the Hindus killed my brother,” said Rakha Khan, the dead singer’s cousin.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 11, 2017 10:52 UTC