New Delhi: The competition of Ram Navami was celebrated with pomp throughout the nation on Sunday. But in some states, communal clashes additionally befell in the course of the procession. Clashes broke out between two communities throughout a procession in Gujarat. In which one particular person died whereas one other was injured. There are additionally stories of violence from Madhya Pradesh. In Jharkhand, stones had been pelted on the procession and other people concerned within the procession had been attacked with sharp weapons, through which dozens of individuals had been injured.
One demise in Gujarat
During communal clashes in Gujarat’s Himmatnagar and Khambhat cities, police had to make use of tear fuel shells to regulate stone-pelting mobs. The metropolis of Khambhat falls within the Anand district whereas Himmatnagar is within the Sabarkantha district. Superintendent of Police Ajit Rajyan mentioned the physique of a 65-year-old man was recovered from the spot after a stone-pelting incident between two communities throughout a Ram Navami procession in Khambhat on Sunday afternoon. He mentioned that one other particular person was injured within the incident whereas the miscreants torched some outlets. Later, tear fuel shells had been used to regulate the state of affairs, the official mentioned.
Stone pelting in Madhya Pradesh
Incidents of arson occurred after miscreants pelted stones at a Ram Navami procession in Khargone metropolis of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, through which some autos had been torched. After this incident, the administration has imposed curfew in three areas of the town, whereas Section 144 has been imposed in the complete metropolis. Police used tear fuel shells to regulate the state of affairs. In this stone pelting, some civilians together with Khargone Superintendent of Police Siddharth Chaudhary and two different policemen had been injured. Khargone District Magistrate Anugrah P. mentioned that Section 144 of CrPC has been applied in the complete metropolis.
Attacks with sharp weapons in Jharkhand
Ram Navami procession was attacked with stone pelting and sharp weapons close to Hirahi Bhokta Garden space of Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district. Dozens of individuals had been injured within the assault, inflicting stress in the complete district. In view of the state of affairs, numerous safety forces have been deployed within the space. Eyewitnesses instructed that Ram Navami procession was coming from Kujara’s facet in Lohardaga when some folks of different group close to the graveyard requested them to not elevate slogans. But by the point somebody may perceive one thing, some folks concerned within the procession began pelting stones, through which many individuals had been injured. After stone pelting, miscreants set hearth to 2 homes and handcarts within the truthful, a candy store, a pick-up automobile and 10 bikes.
Ruckus in West Bengal
A Ram Navami procession was allegedly attacked in West Bengal’s Howrah on Sunday. A police investigation has been began into the incident and heavy deployment of safety forces has been made. The opposition BJP alleges that the Ram Navami procession was attacked by the police. The police have requested the residents of Howrah to train restraint whereas posting details about the incident on social media.
