The city of Leicester has been on the edge for quite some time now. If you would remember, India and Pakistan played an Asia Cup match against each other on August 28. India won the match and what followed was clashes between the Hindu and Muslim communities in Leicester. Since then, there has been a series of violent incidents between the two communities.
Both sides have blamed each other for the recurring incidents of violence. It is pretty clear that there was an undercurrent of tensions between the two communities that led to the violence and it is quite improbable that only a cricket match would have got the city on the edge. It is quite likely that the match was just a trigger or an excuse. It is indeed quite unfortunate that the shadows of Hindu-Muslim violence are now being seen in a city in the United Kingdom. However, there is a bigger issue at play — the unraveling of multiculturalism and the scapegoating of Hindutva.