Hyderabad, Feb. 17 -- A group of local Sikh community members in the Madewaal area of Punjab's Ferozepur took swift action to support a Kashmiri shawl seller after he suffered serious violence and robbery on February 5. The shawl seller Abdul Khaliq Ganai, from Kralpora village of Kupwara district, was threatened at gunpoint and looted by non-local thieves.

According to local reports, on February 11, the assailants held Ganai at gunpoint, robbing him of his collection of expensive handcraft shawls, mobile phone and cash amount of Rs 32000.

After discovering the physical attack, members of the local Sikh community immediately took action to help the Kashmiri shawl seller. They successfully caught the perpetrators and handed them over to ...