Violence against Pune Muslims appears planned

"...Lending credence to the theory that the attacks were not spontaneous but planned, shopowners told TOI on Sunday that the men went around the area on May 31 and June 1, abusing them and threatening them to keep their shops closed. While the police have dismissed any conspiracy , there is no explanation as to how these shops were singled out. The bakeries and the salons were closed at the time of the attack. The shop names were in English and Marathi, nothing that could reveal the Muslim identity of the owners..."