BY: TABEENAH ANJUM
As the sun sets, casting a warm glow over the rural landscape of Raghunathgarh village in the Alwar district of Rajasthan, a low hum descends on the front yard of Imran and Razeeda Meo’s rundown, one-story brick house. A group of locals are sitting together on the ground to break their fast during the holy month of Ramzan. But unlike the usual iftaar feast, the food is modest, and the gathering subdued. They consume small slices of oranges and wash them down with water.
For the past fortnight, the group has been sitting at the exact same spot, staging a sit-in protest, to demand justice for the death of Imran and Razeeda’s one-month-old daughter Alisba.
Alisba was allegedly killed during a police raid at her home on 2 March.
The incident has left the village astir. “Our baby was murdered. The police killed her,” her parents as well as neighbours alleged.
(Tabeenah Anjum is a journalist based in Rajasthan reporting on politics, gender, human rights and issues impacting marginalised communities. Her handle on X is @tabeenahanjum. This is an opinion piece. All views expressed are the author’s own. The Quint neither endorses nor is responsible for them.)
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