00:00I'm Mohamdan, okay? Hindu?
00:02Why did you ask me that I'm Mohamdan, okay, Hindu?
00:05No, I'm Mohamdan.
00:06That one question, asked on the streets of Southwest Delhi's Uttamnagar,
00:10shows how the story of 26-year-old Tarun's alleged murder is starting to take a different turn.
00:17What began as a neighborhood crime story is now rapidly turning into a flashpoint of Hindu-Muslim hostility.
00:23Anger is spilling onto the streets, acquisitions are flying from both sides
00:27and voices demanding extreme action are growing louder.
00:33But the tension is not just about punishment.
00:37It's also about how the blame is spreading far beyond the accused.
00:47And on the other side, the anger is beginning to turn into threats of retaliation.
01:04In the middle of all of this, identity itself is becoming the first question people ask.
01:12But hold on, let's go back and see what exactly led to the situation.
01:16It was the day of Holi.
01:18A nine-year-old girl accidentally threw a water balloon from a terrace which landed onto a woman living nearby.
01:24Tarun's father Memrath said the family apologized immediately.
01:28But soon after, 15 to 20 people allegedly arrived with sticks and rods.
01:33Tarun, who had been out celebrating Holi, returned home unaware of the conflict.
01:37The moment he entered the lane, eight to ten men allegedly attacked him.
01:42He was rushed to the hospital, but later succumbed to his injuries.
01:56Tarun had spent years transforming himself through fitness and combat sports,
02:00documenting an eight-year journey of discipline on social media.
02:03But life had also thrown obstacles his way.
02:06The COVID pandemic forced him to drop out of his bachelor's in computer applications.
02:11He began working part-time and later enrolled in digital marketing course to one day start his own business.
02:17That future never came.
02:19Investigators say the two families had actually been neighbors for nearly 50 years
02:23with long-standing disputes over parking, garbage disposal and general neighborhood tensions.
02:28Police have arrested 14 people and authorities have also demolished illegal extensions of houses
02:34linked to one of the accused.
02:36But the reality is, a young man is dead, a family shattered
02:40and now the conversation is no longer about justice.
02:43It's about religion, identity and vengeance.
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