Hyderabad, Sept. 27 -- The Association for Protection of Civil Rights fact-finding team claimed that the Muslims in the Kashipur neighbourhood of Uttarakhand are being collectively punished after a religious procession escalated into violence earlier this week, with multiple residents alleging acts of vandalism, unlawful demolitions, police intimidation, and detention of children.

The report titled, Kashipur Silence: Punitive Policing and the Burden of Dissent, states that the "I Love Muhammed" procession on September 21 in Alikhan was initially peaceful but ended with clashes between police and protesters when the authorities allegedly harassed a group of boys near the site.

The police, meanwhile, insist that the march with over 400 to...