At a time when many Bengalis have expressed concerns over polarisation and religious sloganeering, an imam in Murshidabad district on Monday performed the last rites of his Hindu friend that involved chanting of mantras.
The incident happened barely two weeks after a madrasa teacher, Hafeez Mohammad Shahrukh Haldar, was thrashed and pushed off a moving local train by a group of youth for not uttering ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in the state.