Even as stories of police brutality on students of Jamia Millia Islamia continue to unravel, the blame is being slowly being shifted to outsiders or locals residing in nearby areas of Batla House, Shaheen Bagh, Zakir Nagar- localities which are loosely referred to as Okhla or Jamia Nagar. This is a prominent Muslim ghetto in south Delhi and a place that is often viewed with suspicion. But why is that? What kind of people live here? What are the reasons that have pushed them inside a ghetto? Senior journalist Seemi Pasha finds out in this feature film – Inside Jamia Nagar.

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