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Inside a small salon, an elderly Muslim man watched as his grandson got a haircut. Asked about the situation, he chose his words carefully. He said things were \u201cfine,\u201d and credited the heavy police deployment for maintaining calm. According to him, Hindus and Muslims in the locality have no inherent enmity; they have lived together peacefully.<\/p>\n
But this outward calm tells only part of the story.<\/p>\n
A migrant worker, speaking more candidly, described a very different reality. According to him, those who had the option had already left for their villages ahead of Eid. \u201cThe fear is such that people who could leave, have left,\u201d he said. For those who remain, there is no escape. “Many have sold their ancestral homes and invested everything into these cramped lanes. Leaving is no longer an option for them.”<\/p>\n
What began as online rhetoric, he said, has now seeped into everyday life. \u201cThe talk of \u2018playing Holi with blood on Eid\u2019 is no longer just a rumour \u2014 it has entered every home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smartphones have carried these messages into every corner of the neighbourhood. The result is not open panic, but a quieter, more insidious form of fear, one that people hesitate to voice, but feel nonetheless.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in the locality, shopkeepers echoed similar anxieties. One trader near Uttam Nagar East metro station pointed to a recent gathering held under the banner of a \u201cHindu Virat Aakrosh Sabha,\u201d where, he claimed, abuses were hurled at Muslims. Since the incident, he said, crowds have periodically gathered near the police station in the name of protests.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey say it\u2019s for justice,\u201d he remarked, \u201cbut it feels like politics. People like us \u2014 who earn daily to eat daily \u2014 are the ones suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n
The streets, in many ways, reflect this contradiction: movement without ease, order without calm.<\/p>\n
Police patrols continue through the lanes. Barricades remain firmly in place. Uttam Nagar waits \u2014 hoping that Eid will pass without incident, and that the current show of force remains precautionary, not prophetic.<\/p>\n Even as the ground reality remains tense but controlled, incendiary posts have flooded social media.<\/p>\n In the days leading up to Eid, numerous videos and posts have surfaced online, openly targeting Muslims and calling for disruption of the festival. Several individuals, claiming to represent Hindu interests, can be seen issuing explicit threats \u2014 ranging from preventing Eid prayers to invoking graphic violence.<\/p>\n One such video features Hindu Raksha Dal’s Uttarakhand chief, Lalit Sharma, declaring that Eid will not be allowed to take place this year. In the same clip, he threatens that \u201cHoli will be played with blood\u201d if necessary.<\/p>\n Location: Uttam Nagar, Delhi<\/p>\n “This Eid, we will play Holi of blood.”<\/p>\n An open call to massacre Muslims in Uttam Nagar on Eid.<\/p>\n Lalit Sharma, a member of the Hindu Raksha Dal, said that neither Eid nor namaz would be celebrated this year and talked about playing Holi with blood. pic.twitter.com\/XqM70PZCwH<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Muslim (@TheMuslim786) March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n In another widely circulated video, a man delivers a direct warning to Muslims, saying protests by Sanatanis would continue until the 25 Muslims (perhaps referring to the accused in the case) are burnt alive of killed in encounter. Warnings are also issued that pork would be thrown outside Muslim homes during Eid. The entire video below is full of expletives. Viewer discretion is advised.<\/p>\n [youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nV8z6MvWxvc?si=cMAgYG9UhoHYiUFH]<\/p>\n Yet another clip shows a group of individuals suggesting that, if given a free hand by authorities, they would resort to killing. The justification offered: that Muslims had \u201cspoiled\u201d Holi, and therefore their festival should be targeted in return.<\/p>\n In Uttam Nagar, Delhi, a Hindutva extremists was heard saying: \u201cThey ruined our Holi; we will ruin their Eid\u2026 If given a free hand, we will have them killed.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/dEuSa9D22v<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Muslim IT Cell (@Muslim_ITCell) March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n These are not isolated instances.\u00a0Hundreds of such videos are circulating on social media, many of them using the Uttam Nagar dispute to target Muslims across the country, incite violence, and call for preventing them from celebrating their festivals.<\/p>\n In one such video, a man openly advocates violence, saying that if the police administration \u201copens the gates,\u201d it would take \u201cnot 15 minutes, but just five\u201d for \u201cSanatanis\u201d to act. He adds that those who know how to chant \u201cJai Sri Ram\u201d and \u201cHar Har Mahadev\u201d also know how to wield weapons.<\/p>\n The videos coming out of Uttam Nagar, Delhi are extremely worrying.<\/p>\n The matter should’ve calmed down after Tarun’s death, but Delhi Police has allowed hatemongers to polarise the situation in order to manufacture a riot.<\/p>\n This nincompoop wants police to be removed for five\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ZPmtHoRjeq<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jawaharlal Nehru (@PMNehru) March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Amplifying this rhetoric are influential social media handles. Among them is \u201cThe Jaipur Dialogues,\u201d run by former IAS officer Sanjay Dixit, which posted that if Hindus were not allowed to celebrate Holi, Muslims should not be allowed to celebrate Eid \u2014 accompanied by the claim that \u201cHoli will be played on Eid in Uttam Nagar.\u201d<\/p>\n A petition was filed in the Delhi high court over the rise in communal tension in Uttam Nagar following the Holi incident and the circulation of violent threats on social media, including slogans like \u201cKhoon ki Holi Eid pe khelenge.\u201d The matter was listed for hearing on March 18, but it could not be taken up<\/a> that day.<\/p>\n In a petition filed by the Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR), concerns were raised over the threats of violence. Appearing for APCR, senior advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan told a bench of Delhi HC chief justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tejas Karia,\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThere are widespread threats of violence on Eid. Meetings are being organised on social media where it is being said, \u2018We will play Holi with blood on Eid.\u2019 We approached the police, but no action has been taken. We fear serious violence during and around Eid and seek immediate directions to the police to address these threats.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/03\/Copy-of-FI-Kit-2026-03-19T145026.367-1024x536.jpg\")
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