Heavy police force was deployed in Khajuri village after supporters of two groups of sarpanch candidates came to blows on Tuesday morning. Tension prevailed in the area after sarpanch election results were out on February 22 and on Tuesday, police resorted to heavy cane charging to disperse the mob.
Taking precautionary step, as many as 24 persons were detained and recovered haul of sharp-edged weapons from the village; supporters of two groups were pacified after police intervention. Chhattar Singh Mewada won the sarcpanch election, which infuriated Jitendra Mewada, who owns a sanitary and hardware shop in the area and supported the other candidates Dinesh Patel and Om Prakash.
On Tuesday morning, when Jitendra along with his supporter went to attack Chattar Singh and his supporters, the deployed police force prevented them by using force. Police said that on Sunday and Monday also the two groups were ready to lock horns and were pacified after police intervention but on Tuesday morning at around 8.30 am Jitendra and others gathered to attack Chattar Singh and their supporters.
Around four sharp-edged weapon and dozen wooden sticks and iron rods were recovered from Jitendra’s shop. Around half a dozen persons were detained by the police and around nine was released on bail. Jitendra, Dinesh and Om Prakash along with three others have been nabbed by the police. A case under section 151 of the CrPC and section 25 of the Arms Act was registered.