Bareilly Muslims raise Rs 50,000 to free 15 Hindu prisoners
Led by Haji Yasin Qureshi, the group paid fines and bail that poor families of the inmates could not afford.
In 2015, a group of Muslim men in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, raised about Rs 50,000 to secure the release of 15 Hindu prisoners. The men, led by Haji Yasin Qureshi, paid the fines and bail amounts the inmates’ families could not afford. Most were held for minor offences such as ticketless travel. For one of them, Nand Kishore, the only thing standing between him and release was a Rs 1,000 fine.
- Where
- Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
- When
- November 2015
- Who
- Muslim men led by Haji Yasin Qureshi; 15 Hindu prisoners including Nand Kishore
- Source
- The Better India
