Delhi: BJP minority cell member feared dead in violence

NEW DELHI: An office-bearer of BJP's minority cell in Uttar Pradesh was reportedly killed in the northeast Delhi violence last week.
According to National Commission for Minorities member Atif Rasheed, a charred body found near a temple in Karawal Nagar on February 25 could be of Mohsin Ali, vice-president of the minority cell of UP's Hapur district.
"Though the body is charred, the family believes that it could be Ali's. DNA samples of Ali's parents have been collected, which will be matched with the sample taken from the body," Rasheed said.
The body was found near Ali's burnt and toppled car. The man, who ran a small business of supplying generators on rent, was going to Sonia Vihar on February 25, but went missing and his cell phone was switched off.
Meanwhile, the house of another minority cell member of BJP was reportedly burnt down by rioters last Tuesday.
Akhtar Raza, BJP's northeast Delhi minority cell vice-president, told reporters that a crowd chanting religious slogans first threw stones at his house, and when the family fled, they set it on fire. Six motorcycles and all the belongings in the house were burnt, he claimed.