After two days of tension between traders and local residents, things have returned to normal in Sahaspur Bazaar on Friday. However, as a part of precaution, police forces are still deployed at sensitive places in the Bazaar areas. SP City Ajay Singh and CO SK Singh along with police forces took the stock of the situation and gave necessary instructions to the policemen on Friday. Traders opened their shops on Friday after keeping them shuttered for a couple of days in protest.
Tension erupted after businessmen and local residents scuffled over an alleged assault on some traders on Tuesday night. Four persons were arrested.
Sources said things started after a local trader, Nitin Gupta who was standing outside his shop, was hit by a bike with three persons on. As Gupta reacted the trio allegedly abused and threatened him of dire consequences. Not yet contended with hurling verbal abuse on the trader, the trio returned with seven other persons. They allegedly barged into the trader’s shop and beat him. Two other shopkeepers - Reeta Gupta and Sandeep Gupta- were also allegedly beaten by. Thereafter, the angry shopkeepers protested and shuttered their shops down. They demanded arrest of the accused. Tension prevailed throughout the day on Wednesday. Police acted swiftly on Wednesday after being informed of the brewing tension in the area and additional forces were also deployed as things were snowballing into a major law and order problem.
SP City Ajay Singh and Deputy SP SK Singh accompanied with additional forces had camped in the area to ensure order on Thursday. local public representatives held a meeting with local businessmen to cool things down. They again demanded immediate arrest of the accused while warning of a full-blown stir if the arrest was not made from Wednesday. Nitin Gupta, resident of Sahaspur, had registered a complaint against ten unknown persons on Wednesday and a case under Sections 147/323/ 395/504/506/452 of IPC was registered against them in the Sahaspur Police Station. Four persons allegedly involved in the case were arrested. The police teams deployed there are searching for the remaining accused, said DSP Singh, adding that they remained vigilant.