Prophet remarks row: Jharkhand CM orders high-level probe into Ranchi violence

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NEW DELHI: Jharkhand Leader Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday ordered a high-level probe into the fatal violence that rocked Ranchi and left two younger boys lifeless and no less than 24 other folks injured after Friday’s protests over suspended BJP spokesperson’s commentary about Prophet Muhammad. In the meantime, protests persisted in West Bengal, resulting in Web ban in Murshidabad. The UP police and civic management arrested over 200 “protesters” and bulldozed homes of a couple of.

A two-member committee, comprising senior IAS officer Amitabh Kaushal and Further Director Common (ADG) of Police Sanjay Latkar, was once shaped in Jharkhand to analyze the violence, an authentic mentioned. The committee has been requested to put up its report back to the state govt in per week, he added.
In step with Ranchi’s Deputy Inspector Common Anish Gupta, 3 FIRs have been lodged and seek operations have been performed to arrest the individuals concerned within the violence.

On Saturday, the UP police arrested a complete of 227 other folks from more than a few districts in reference to Friday’s violence, a senior police authentic has mentioned. Of those other folks, 68 have been arrested from Prayagraj and 50 from Hathras, Further Director Common of Police (Regulation and Order) Prashant Kumar mentioned. A number of the relaxation, 48 other folks have been nabbed in Saharanpur, 28 in Ambedkarnagar, 25 in Moradabad, and 8 in Firozabad, he added.

The police in Saharanpur shared movies of municipal groups out with bulldozers below a heavy police presence, demolishing portions of houses of 2 of the accused arrested for worrying the peace and social unity. The bulldozers demolished in some area in Kanpur as neatly.

As Friday’s protests drew condemnation, a number of Muslim teams like All India Muhammadi Project, an outfit of sufi students based totally in Lucknow, requested the Muslims to steer clear of any “disagreement” and check in their “harm emotions” very flippantly. The outfit known as for in the future (Sunday) rapid to be noticed as a kind non violent protest.

In West Bengal, the violence came about in Howrah. Protesters clashed with the police and a number of other homes have been set on hearth, a police officer mentioned. Following this, the federal government suspended Web services and products in portions of Murshidabad district until June 14.