By way of IANS
NAGPUR: Stress prevailed in Maharashtra’s Amravati district after an altercation between the 2 communities following which the government imposed Segment 144, officers mentioned on Monday. The 2 teams clashed on Sunday night time over hoisting a saffron flag in Dulla Gate space of Achalpur town, and steadily, the ambience turned into heated.
Stones have been additionally pelted all the way through the skirmish. On the other hand, the location was once introduced beneath regulate when the police rushed to the spot, and dispersed the agitated crowd. The Achalpur violence broke out at the heels of the Jahangirpuri communal conflict in Delhi on Saturday.
Recently, a curfew has been imposed beneath Segment 144 and a big police contingent has been deployed. On the other hand, tensions are nonetheless brewing in Achalpur — the second one maximum populous in Amravati district after Amravati, after the incident.
Addl SP (Amravati) Shashikant Satav mentioned that 3 circumstances were registered and as many as 16 other people were arrested in reference to the violence. He has additionally recommended the citizens to care for calm, and now not imagine in rumours or social media posts.
The police officer additional mentioned that to verify the law-and-order scenario is maintained, greater than 600 police body of workers were deployed in Achalpur-Paratwada dual town, Kandli village, and any other village. Segment 144 was once imposed within the affected spaces of the district to stop mass gatherings, he mentioned.
