Originally posted by: tapori
I'm assuming you're from out of India (in case, just in case, you originally hail from Western Africa, I must say I absolutely love the costumes worn there - they look colorful, regal and spectacularly beautiful. My apologies if I'm wrong, but couldn't resist typing looking at your DP) so of course I won't expect you to know about this in detail.
Essentially:
Dawood was not close to Hindus just as he wasn't close to Muslims. He was a dreaded gangster feared equally. The blasts themselves did NOT target Hindu places of worship, but were planted in public places, so victims were from all religions.
The only religion based fallout for Dawood was that Chhota Rajan, another dreaded gangster, played the religion card to gain foothold of Dawood's business. It didn't really work for him eventually, as he's languishing in jail, and is NOT considered a hero by anyone.
The main fallout was the riots in Mumbai, which was a horror story in itself, and sharply divided the city on religious lines.
Dawood's Hindu friends, I'm assuming, continued to remain his friends even after the blasts. He had a lot of Hindus in his gang, and even after he ran to Pakistan/Dubai(?), he still had Hindu folks on his payroll.
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