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New Delhi: On May 26, a dramatic video went viral showing a policeman carrying a pig through a chaotic crowd in Mira Road, as dozens of people frantically tried to snatch the animal from his hands. Uniformed officers, an agitated mob, and television journalists with cameras jostling for position captured the frenzy.

The clip was merely a glimpse of the deep-seated tensions that had been building ahead of Eid ul Adha, popularly known as Bakrid, inside Poonam Cluster 1, a residential complex in Mira Road on the outskirts of Mumbai.

Location: Mira Road, Mumbai Activists from a Hindutva organization brought a pig into Poonam Cluster Society to protest goats kept there for Eid al-Adha. Note: these activists are primarily targeting and harassing the Muslim families living in the society. pic.twitter.com/tHmuIGYGWs — The Muslim (@TheMuslim786) May 26, 2026

Location: Mira Road, Mumbai

Activists from a Hindutva organization brought a pig into Poonam Cluster Society to protest goats kept there for Eid al-Adha. Note: these activists are primarily targeting and harassing the Muslim families living in the society. pic.twitter.com/tHmuIGYGWs

— The Muslim (@TheMuslim786) May 26, 2026

Poonam Cluster society, which has over 600 apartments and an almost equal number of Muslim and Hindu households, has been celebrating festivals of all faiths without any issues all along. This year too, Muslims members of the society, had........

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