Arif gets bail in all Delhi carnage cases. But poverty keeps him in jail
Twenty seven police cases over 17 years against Mohammad Arif, now accused of killing fellow Muslims during the 2020 carnage, have left his poor family unable to afford the bail bond.
Mohammad Arifâs mother Parveen at her home in Brijpuri.
Mohammad Arif, 35, has been in jail for 10 months. He is accused of killing three Muslim men during the 2020
communal carnage in the capital city. When we met his mother, Parveen, at her home in Brijpuri in northeast Delhi last year, she had
no money to hire a lawyer to help her son. A month later, an advocate reached out to the family and offered to represent Arif for free. By February 22, the eve of the first year of the
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Shivraj Bahurupiya
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat
The Bahurupiyas are one of the most marginalised communities in India. They are engaged in life performances and depend on the patronage of the powerful in the villages. In the olden times, the Rajas and Maharajas patronised them as they would massage their ego. They act on impersonation but it is not to dupe any one but to perform. One day he becomes a Salim or Jahapana Akbar while other day he could be a majnoo or a Seth or a priest. I would call them ‘theatre artists’. Every day, they are on a new role and earn through begging.