After a mob created ruckus at the Shahjehanabad police station late on Thursday night, the police have registered a case of rioting against over 60 people and trying to identifying those who were among the rioters. As many as 12 persons have been named in the case.Right from Friday morning, heavy police force was deployed in the region to avoid any untoward incident.A communal tension was created in the locality on Thursday night, after a Whatsapp journalist circulated the information of child kidnapping for Simastha Mela.
Such information is being circulated in the State capital for past 10 days. Almost every night, there is ruckus in different localities stating that children are being abducted.Police said that the problem was exaggerated after several messages of child kidnapping in the city was circulated by an accused Saeed Faizal Ali.Notably, Heavy police force was deployed in Shahjehanbad area after the rioters resorted to stone pelting when the police force intervened to rescue a man from the mob near Abu Bakar Mosque on Thursday evening. Police resorted to cane charging and uses tear gas to disburse the violent mob.The locals who faced cane charging and tear gas have lodged a complaint against the police while the police have also lodged a complaint against the residents who resorted to stone pelting.
According to the police, the victim Waseem Raza after purchasing goods from Sindhi Colony area was on his way to home in Sanjay Nagar, when he stopped near Abu Bakar Mosque and when he stopped the locals spreading rumors that he is involved in kidnapping of children from the city area after which the residents gathered and started beating him.The police were informed and on the receipt police team was rushed to the spot but the mob gathered turned violent and started stone pelting in which CSP Kotwali and around half a dozen police perssonel were injured.Shahwar, Mandi Anwar, Sadiq, Naeem, Parvez, Chikna Sajid, Imran, Anwar, Aslam and others have been booked by the police.The police have registered a case under section 153 A, 505 B of the IPC and section 67 of Information Technology (IT) Act and have started further investigation.A message was circulated through social messenger Whatsapp that a gnag of 14,000 members is active across the state which is involved in child kidnapping and would send those children at Simhasta.