Communal violence rocks Vadodara again, cops lob teargas shells to disperse rioters

VADODARA: Communal violence rocked the walled town spaces yet once more late on Tuesday evening when mobs of 2 other communities pelted stone at each other.

Trouble first broke out in Panigate area and shortly it spread to Yakutpura and Fatehpura where the rioting mobs even attacked the law enforcement officials. One state reserve police (SRP) man won injuries while a citizen too was once attacked near Sarasiya Lake by means of some unidentified persons. No arrests had been made yet.


“Mobs of different communities first pelted stones at each other in Panigate. The law enforcement officials reached there and took the placement below regulate but after some time trouble broke out in Yakutpura and Fatehpura too. Our groups reached Yakutpura where they got here below the assault from the mob,” mentioned D G Sosa, police inspector, City police station.


PSI Arun Mishra, who got here below the assault, even reportedly pulled out his provider revolver to regulate the rioters. A SRP jawan, Sanjay Rao, who was once on duty, suffered injuries after any person pelted a stone at him. The police lobbed three teargas shells to disperse the mobs. Eight residents of Yakutpura had been booked in reference to the incident. Also, a separate complaint of attempt to homicide has been registered at the City police station towards about four unidentified persons who attacked and injured Kapil More near Sarasiya Lake when he was once on his method to his house.


When asked the explanation behind the communal clashes, Sosa mentioned that it was once a fallout of the communal riots that happened near Nyay Mandir on June 16 all through Eid. A procession taken out by means of Rajput Karni Sena for celebrating beginning anniversary of Maharana Pratap had caused the trouble on the night of Eid celebrations. Some contributors of the procession modified the course and reached Dudhwala Mohalla where stone pelting started. A police complaint filed in reference to the incident mentioned that contributors of the procession began stone pelting and shouted provocative slogans. “That incident could have led to the communal tension that happened on Tuesday evening,” Sosa mentioned.


The police have greater patrolling in the walled town to avert additional tension.
Communal violence rocks Vadodara again, cops lob teargas shells to disperse rioters Communal violence rocks Vadodara again, cops lob teargas shells to disperse rioters Reviewed by Kailash on June 20, 2018 Rating: 5
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