A petty dispute led to a communal clash in Meerut in which several persons, including police officials, were injured on Friday. A heavy police force has been deployed in the area and cross cases from both the parties were also registered with the local police station.
Reports said that Anuj Tyagi, a resident of Bajaut hamlet of Partapur near Bijli Bamba bypass, along with his brother Rahul Tyagi, were working in the field when he was hit by a ‘gulli’ on Friday afternoon. The tragedy occurred as over two dozen youths, belonging to other community in neighbouring Suhail Garden area under Lisadigate police station, were playing ‘gulli and danda’ at the spot. The trouble started when Anuj abused the youths for disturbing them by playing the game regularly at the same spot. Just on this, the youths nabbed Anuj Tyagi and brutally assaulted him.
Finding himself hapless, Rahul called the police who reached the spot and tried to rescue Anuj but he was also attacked. In the meantime, the news of attack on Anuj reached his home and his relatives and villagers reached the spot leading to a communal clash between two groups. SP (City) Ranvijay Singh also reached the spot with a heavy police force but the trouble-makers also attacked him. Later, after a pitched battle for more than an hour, some youths also fired in the air.
Interestingly, the cops of the Partapur and Lisadigate police stations also fought over the jurisdiction. Later, SP (City) warned Partapur police station incharge Neeraj Malik as he reached the spot after an hour. The case was later registered with Partapur police station but no action was taken till the filing of the report.
Meanwhile, in a separate case reported from Muzaffarnagar, three persons, including two women, were injured after a clash broke out between two groups. The incident happened on Thursday in Bhanwada village when some children were throwing stones at monkeys to scare them away. One of the stones accidentally hit a woman leading to a confrontation between the two groups. The situation soon spiralled out of control as both sides began pelting stones at each other. Sitara and Salma sustained injuries and were shifted to hospital, disclosed local police, adding that a hunt was launched to nab the main accused. In a separate sensational case, a 16-year-old girl received more than 95 per cent burn after two youths tried to burn her alive as she resisted rape attempt. The incident was reported from Sultanpur on Friday afternoon. Reports said that the girl, studying in class IX in Government College, was alone in the house at Lambua locality on Friday afternoon as her father, who is a teacher, went to take classes in a private coaching while her mother went to fields. Taking advantage of the situation, two youths barged inside and tried to rape the girl. However, as she raised an alarm, the accused poured kerosene over her clothes and escaped after setting her ablaze. The girl rushed out after which some villagers doused the fire and shifted the her to a local hospital but the doctors referred her for Trauma Centre in Lucknow. A case was registered but so far no one was arrested.