Born Muslim, raised Hindu
Every Day for six years, Mohammed Salim Sheikh and his wife mourned the loss of their two-year-old son Muzaffar, missing since a deadly mob attack ruined their home and life during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Last year, they found him.
But Muzaffar had now become Vivek, 7, son of Hindu fish-seller Vikram Patni, a childless man who cared for him since and with whom the boy wants to stay rather than his biological parents. A court battle followed. On Wednesday a court declared he , would continue to live with the Patni family .
"I'll move High Court. This isn't the end," said Sheikh. Muzaffar – or Vivek – clung frightened to the arms of his feeling parents on February 28, 2002 as thousands of rioters raided Ahmedabad's Gulbarg Society in a , six-hour carnage that also killed former MP Ehsan Jaffrey who had given them shelter.
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Last year, they found him.
But Muzaffar had now become Vivek, 7, son of Hindu fish-seller Vikram Patni, a childless man who cared for him since and with whom the boy wants to stay rather than his biological parents. A court battle followed. On Wednesday a court declared he , would continue to live with the Patni family .
"I'll move High Court. This isn't the end," said Sheikh. Muzaffar – or Vivek – clung frightened to the arms of his feeling parents on February 28, 2002 as thousands of rioters raided Ahmedabad's Gulbarg Society in a , six-hour carnage that also killed former MP Ehsan Jaffrey who had given them shelter.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
Labels: battle, biological parents, childless man, fish-seller, Gujarat riots, High Court, Hindu, mob attack, Mohammed Salim Sheikh, Muslim, survivor
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