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Communal violence throughout Ram Navami processions in two districts of MP, curfew imposed

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BHOPAL: Communal stress gripped a number of spaces of Khargone the town of Khargone district and Sendhwa the town of Barwani district in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, following assaults throughout Ram Navami processions on Sunday.

Round 8 to 10 individuals, together with 5 police officers, had been injured in Khargone the town in Khargone district. Whilst 5 to seven folks, together with two police officers, had been harm throughout the violence within the adjacent Barwani district’s Sendhwa the town.

Whilst prohibitory orders underneath Segment 144 CrPc were imposed in all of the Khargone the town, a curfew has been imposed in some badly hit localities of Khargone the town, together with Talab Chowk, Motipura, Sanjay Nagar, Tabadi Chowk and Gaushala Marg.

The primary incident took place within the minority neighborhood Talab Chowk house of Khargone the town simply when the Ram Navami procession was once about to move thru that communally delicate house. Stones had been pelted on the procession by means of a mob of the ones opposing enjoying loud DJ tune throughout the procession.

Studying of the incident, a violent face-off broke between the 2 communities from Gaushala Marg, Tabadi Chowk, Sanjay Nagar and Motipura spaces of Khargone. With police workforce in Khargone now not being in ok numbers, police officers from adjacent districts had been later pressed into motion in Khargone.

In step with unconfirmed experiences, a spot of worship was once vandalised between Talab Chowk and Gaushala Marg, whilst rioters additionally set a area on fireplace. Round 8 to 10 individuals, together with 5 police officers, amongst them SP Khargone Siddharth Chaudhary, SDOP and native police inspector had been additionally harm throughout the incident. “Curfew has been imposed in lots of spaces of Khargone the town and may well be prolonged to different spaces if the placement does not support,” native SDM SS Mujalde stated.

In adjacent Barwani district’s communally delicate Sendhwa the town, a identical assault at the Ram Navami procession was once reported in Idgah-Jogwara Street house, when a procession of the tribals was once at the manner from Bargaon village to enroll in the primary Ram Navami procession in Sendhwa the town. As in keeping with unconfirmed experiences, later a spot of worship was once vandalised in Mausam Chowk locality.

Incidents of the face-off between the 2 communities had been due to this fact reported from different spaces, together with Jai Hind Chowk and Kranti Chowk. Round seven folks, together with two police officers, amongst them, the inspector of the native police station was once harm.

Swinging into motion, the Barwani district collector Shivraj Singh Verma and SP Dipak Shukla at the side of ok pressure later ensured that the primary Ram Navami procession took place peacefully in primary Sendhwa the town.

In step with Barwani district collector Shivraj Singh Verma, the placement is completely underneath keep watch over in Sendhwa the town.