Muslim inter-caste tension surfaces in Bihar

In the first such official action in an incident of caste violence among Muslims, East Champaran District Magistrate Abhijit Sinha has sought a comprehensive report on the assault on a 30-year-old resident of Allahpur village allegedly by upper-caste Muslims. A case has been registered against 12 of them, including Rampur Bairiya panchayat headman Sarfaraz Alam Khan alias Munna Khan, by the Kesaria police, on a complaint by Akbar Ali Ansari.

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