A 15-year-old Muslim girl in Ahmedabad died by suicide after months of alleged harassment linked to her family’s attempt to buy a neighbour’s house, trying to navigate a 39-year-old Gujarat law that effectively entrenches segregation by religion and empowers vigilantes. Her family says the Disturbed Areas Act—which has now spread to 18 of 33 districts—was weaponised by neighbours, turning a property dispute into intimidation and discrimination.