The situation is completely under control at Vishwas Nagar between Mhow and Pithampur, where a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteer was murdered on Thursday night.
Today the body of Prashant Sharma was cremated, after his family members arrived here from lucknow. Collector Indore Akash Tripathi, DIG Indore Rakesh Gupta, SP Indore Abid khan, Addl SP Arvind Tiwari, CSP Pithampur Vikram Singh, SDOP Arun Mishra and more than 500 policemen have been deployed in Vishwas Nagar to control the situation.
After the death of RSS volunteer Prashant Sharma, clashes had occurred between people of two communities in Vishwas Nagar. The dispute began after the quarrel between the children playing cricket, the accused Sohail hit the victim Prashant by cricket bat on his head at around 8 p.m. on Thursday. The wounded Prahsant was taken to Getwell hospital Mhow where he succumbed to injuries. The agitated supporters of the Prahsant took his body to his residence at Vishwas Nagar.
The agitated supporters pelted stone on the house of the accused and later people from both the sides started pelting stones on each other’s houses. The school buses of Mehar Public school were set on fire. A dozen of four wheelers, shops and houses were set on fire. Police reached on the spot and fired several rounds in air. later the agitators of both the sides flew from the spot. People kept the dead body of RSS volunteer Prahsant on Mhow Neemuch road and staged chakka jam.
Indore collector Akash Tripathi and DIG Indore Rakesh Gupta reached on the spot at night and promised the people of strict action against the accused. BJP leader Ramkishore Shukla, ASP Mhow Arvind Tiwari while chasing the agitators were wounded during the stone pelting by the agitators.