Muslims flee Indian business hub after religious clashes, attacks

FILE PHOTO: A police officer sits outside a mosque that was attacked by a mob following clashes between Hindus and Muslims that erupted on Monday, in Gurugram, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, August 2, 2023. REUTERS/Rupam Jain/File Photo

GURUGRAM, India (Reuters) - Over 3,000 poor Muslims have fled a business hub outside New Delhi this month, fearing for their lives after Hindu-Muslim clashes and sporadic attacks targeting them, residents, police and a community group said.

Shops and shacks owned or run by Muslims and their houses in two large slum areas were padlocked when Reuters visited them more than a week after seven people were killed in clashes in Nuh and Gurugram districts in Haryana state, adjoining the Indian capital.