In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: There were killings and atrocities on both sides of the border at the time of partition.
Reason: In the name of religion people of one community ruthlessly killed and maimed people of the other community.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

The year 1947 was the year of one of the largest, most abrupt, unplanned, and tragic transfers of population that human history has known. There were killings and atrocities on both sides of the border. In the name of religion people of one community ruthlessly killed and maimed people of the other community.