A day after violence broke out between the two communities in Karond locality, pall of gloom descended in the Aman Colony with more than a dozen houses of Irani community being set afire.
Peace talks were initiated by the religious leaders of both the communities on Friday, while a delegation of the affected people met Home Minister Babulal Gaur at his residence seeking justice.
Meanwhile, action taken by the police against rioters on Thursday night continued on Friday.
Till date, police have arrested around 33 people and the process was still on.
The Home Minister assured the affected people that investigation in the case was on and the guilty people would not be spared.
A written complaint was submitted by the group which belonged to Irani community.
On Friday Karond area wore deserted look in the aftermath of the violence. Almost all the families of Irani community have left the place and staying at safe places outside. Taking precautionary measures heavy police force remained deployed.
Notably, the dispute had started on Wednesday and till night heavy police force including the RAF jawans were deployed.
In the whole episode, it appeared that the fault was on the part of police, as force was removed in the morning, despite the fact that there was unrest among the people of both the communities.
Besides, it was also failure of police’s local intelligence.
SP North Arvind Saxena told The Pioneer that most of the arrested people belonged to different parts of the city. The investigation conducted so far suggested that the locals had called people from other parts of the city that created problem in the colony. “Police have identified most of them and intense search for them is on.”