UTTAR PRADESH-The Guilty Men of Meerut

UTTAR PRADESH The Guilty Men of Meerut Asghar Ali Engineer THE population of Meerut is more than five lakhs. Recently the Meerut municipality has been converted into a corporation to which elections are due to be held. The expected corporation election has cast its shadow over communal peace in the town. More about that later. The ratio of Hindu to Muslim population in Meerut is 5I:49, according to the district authorities. One sees locality after locality exclusively inhabited by Muslims. There are also several localities where the Hindus and Muslims live together.