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Heroes emerge amid loot and arson in Saharanpur

Sep 08 2014 : The Times of India (Mumbai)

Avijit Ghosh
Saharanpur (UP):
A Hindu couple sheltered three Muslim women for three days during curfew; an old Muslim offered to mortgage his home to help a Sikh whose shop had been reduced to rubble
The July riots left a trail of burnt shops and broken people. But a bunch of ordinary men and women rose above the communal frenzy exemplifying courage and character. A Hindu couple sheltered three Muslim women for three days during curfew, an old Muslim offered to mortgage his home to help a Sikh whose shop had been reduced to rubble and several faceless heroes stop ped rioters from setting shops on fire.