Arvind Mishra, Balodabazar. A big uproar has happened again in Balodabazar district of Chhattisgarh. Last night amid Diwali celebrations, a big controversy broke out over bursting of firecrackers in Damakheda, the ashram of Kabir Panth’s Guru Prakash Muni Saheb. During this, miscreants threw bombs inside the ashram and also pelted stones. Seeing the seriousness of the incident, Home Minister Vijay Sharma and former MLA Shivratan Sharma reached the Ashram in the night itself and took stock of the situation. The police took immediate action in this case and arrested 11 accused. Interrogation of all the accused is going on. For security reasons, police force has been deployed at Damakheda Ashram. This matter is of Simga police station area.
According to the police, at around 09:45 pm on November 1, some accused, including Durgesh Dewangan and Pratap Sahu, forcefully entered the ashram with sticks, sticks and bombs and firecrackers. It is alleged that he threatened to kill, used obscene abuses and threw a bomb and firecracker. Along with this, stone pelting was also done.
After this incident that took place in Simga police station area, the police have registered a case under sections 191(2), 193(3), 190, 331, 296, 351(3), 298 BNS. So far 11 accused have been arrested in the case. At present, police force has been deployed at Damakheda Ashram for security purposes and the situation is under control. The police is investigating the matter.
According to the information received, on the complaint of Prakash Muni ji, the police has registered an FIR against Damakheda’s sarpanch husband and other people. While 11 people have been arrested and investigation is underway, the Sarpanch’s husband has absconded after the incident. Sarpanch Pati had earlier also been accused of embezzling Rs 10 lakh given by the Culture Department for the fair. In this case, the then CEO and Sarpanch of District Panchayat Simga and his associates were arrested. Since then there was a situation of controversy.
Police has deployed force for security after the incident. Additional SP Aishwarya Chandrakar said that police force has been deployed for security after the incident and 11 people have been detained. Right now the situation is peaceful and under control.