Scarred by 2020 Hindu-Muslim riots, India district voters want peace

FILE PHOTO: Polling officials set up a polling booth inside a shipping container, ahead of the third phase of India's general election, at Aaliya Bet Island in the western state of Gujarat, India, May 6, 2024. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Suhel Mansuri, who carries scars from Hindu-Muslim riots that killed dozens in his district of India's capital in 2020, says his vote on Saturday in national elections was for "peace and brotherhood" as divisive religious rhetoric rises.

Mansuri and his brother were surrounded by a crowd during the riots in Delhi's most densely populated district and beaten with iron rods and bricks, resulting in multiple bone fractures.