Civilian Irfan Ansari is First Death after Communal Violence over Aurangzeb Tomb.

Irfan, the sole breadwinner of the family, left behind a wife and a daughter. Despite the family’s advise against stepping out due to the violence, he said he would take a different route.

With a monthly income of about Rs 60,000-70,000, Irfan ran a small welding unit near his house. He would go to Itarsi for work at least twice or thrice a month.

“The family needs to be compensated. The rest of us are not that financially well off. My elder brother has a tea stall, another brother is an auto-rickshaw driver, I don’t have a proper business yet, and two of our sisters are married. She is his only child,” Imran said.

Irfan’s wife Uzma, a homemaker, is still in shock, he said.

“All we want is that the culprits shoud be identified and punished. He was the only earning member. His wife must get a government job, the government needs to fund her education. It is the poor who die,” he said.