He told the crowd that he would leave the mosque and the town if there was any retaliation for his son’s death. I told them that if you love me, you will not raise a finger,” said Rashidi, Imam of Noorani Mosque in Chetladanga Nadi Par. Despite the pain he is suffering following the loss of a son, he appealed for peace,” said Jitendra Tiwari, Mayor of Asansol. There was anger among the youth after the body was found, but the message for peace struck the right chord. If he had not appealed for peace, Asansol would have been caught in a fire,” said Mohammed Nasim Ansari, councillor of Ward 25 in Asansol, where the victim’s family lives.

Source: Indian Express March 29, 2018 23:26 UTC