Fresh violence erupted in areas like Jinsi, Juna Risala, Champa Bagh, Bombay Bazar and Hathipala where rioters clashed with the police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel. The rioters pelted stones at the RAF and police personnel, police sources said.
Click to play videoBhopal: Indore continued to burn for the second consecutive day, as violence broke out in areas were curfew had not been imposed on Thursday. One person was killed as police and protestors clashed. Violence was first reported in the Khajrana police station limits around noon.
And the relatives of the person who were killed in the clash are up in arms. They say that their family member was not doing anything.
"Police and antisocial elements attacked him and killed him," his relatives claim
Violence soon spread to other parts of the city as protestors started pelting stones on the police. The district administration soon clamped a curfew on the entire city. But even as the people were being forced indoors, politicians took over.
In capital Bhopal, the state Congress staged a dharna demanding the Chief Minister's resignation.
State Congress President, Suresh Pachori said, "There is nothing called law and order in the state. We have urged the state governor to take appropriate constitutional measures against the government. The BJP does not deserve to stay in power."
Violence was also reported from Ujjain where two groups clashed with each other. The Rapid Action force has been kept on alert across the state and state police have urged people to maintain calm.
The communal violence began after a bandh had been called to protest the revocation of the Jammu & Kashmir government order on land allotment to the Amarnath Shrine Board.
PTI REPORTS |
Police lobbed teargas shells and used batons to beat back protestors in Jinshi on Friday. Police also fired in the air and lobbed tear gas shells to bring the situation under control in curfew-bound Khajrana. A group of people pelted stones at the police in Khajrana when the body of one of the persons who perished in Thursday's violence was taken for last rites there. Curfew had been clamped in six police station areas of the city on Thursday when five people were killed in violence during the BJP-sponsored nation-wide bandh. Police have so far arrested 45 persons in connection with the violence in Madhya Pradesh's commercial hub during Thursday's VHP-sponsored shutdown. |
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