Varanasi: Two persons was killed and eight others injured from Muslim minority when police opened fire  on Muslim on the name of to control a stone-pelting mob in Badardiha at outskirt of Varanasi on Wednesday, reports said. Two killed in the ‘wanton and unprovoked’ police firing on poor weavers of the Bajardeeha.

The trouble started when Holi revellers threw colours at a place of worship. Badardiha is a poor Muslim, mostly weavers, dominated slum and trouble started when a group of people from outside armed with pichkari and gulal started playing Holi inside the Madarsa-cum-Masjid.

Activists of Bunkar-Dastkar Adhikar Manch(Forum on rights of weavers and artisans) informed PVCHR that police started firing on Muslim in Bajardeeha of Varanasi in India. I and Virendra Yadav visited District Government Hospital and Laxmi Hospital,where two and six people injured with police firing respectively.

Two people died due to police firing by police.All are from minority. PVCHR informed to all major newspaper,allied system and political parties.All political parties except BJP came joined and worked jointly for survivors.

Mr. Farook Sheikh of Bollywood film industry immediately supported and intervened.Secular forces joined and defeated the communal forces and safe the Kashi from communal riot.