While there has been a spike in burials in Muslim graveyards, the number of cremations in Malegaon, on the other hand, have remained more or less stable.
A 75-year-old man Kariman Mian in Jharkhand was denied burial in the graveyard as the Iman of Makri Masjid, Zakir Ansari, issued a fatwa against him for his 'unIslamic' lifestyle.