Pushpa lost her gold jewellery.

Raju lost his saving of Rs 5 lakh that was lying in the house. “A large part of it was my income from the farm. We farmers make the bulk of our earnings on Sankranti.”

“I had planned to use the money to renovate the house,” he says.

The couple had bought the house only eight months ago, after exhausting their life’s savings.

Like Radhabai’s, Pushpa’s family too is living in a rented accommodation provided by neighbours. Her children have not gone to school since the tragedy, she says.

A resident who did not wish to be named, said that the mob made a woman — a widow who lives with her son — lift her sari and pee in front of them.

Residents of Korbagalli blame the violence on All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).

They say that members of the Asaduddin Owaisi-led political party orchestrated the attack, to benefit from “polarisation” in the impending municipal body elections.

“Faizulla Khan, who is right-hand man of Jabir Ahmed, was there with the mob. Everyone saw him,” a resident, who did not wish to be quoted, said. Others in the colony supported the claim.

Ahmed, an AIMIM strongman, was vice-chairman of Bhainsa municipality at the time of the violence.

In the results announced on 25 January, AIMIM won 15 of the 26 wards. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) had reportedly made Bhainsa a ‘friendly contest’ for the AIMIM by either withdrawing its candidates or fielding “weak” contestants.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won from nine wards — a tally that was expected to be better before the violence.