NEW DELHI - Muslim-owned properties in Jamshedpur, west of Kolkata, were set on fire on Sunday by a Hindu extremist mob over the alleged desecration of a religious flag. News had spread that a piece of beef was hanging on a rope near the flag, but a senior police official later revealed that it had been chicken and was done as a common practice by butcher shops to prevent stray dogs from reaching the meat.
India has seen multiple cases of anti-Muslim violence following the Hindu religious celebration of Ram Navami at the end of March.
