Overlooking the prohibitory orders in force in Shivpuri town, the Congress leaders attempted to take out a procession in the trouble-bound Shivpuri. However, the police arrested nine Congress leaders and controlled the situation.
Shivpuri SP Rakesh P Singh while talking to The Pioneer said the police had appealed to the Congress leaders for not taking out the march as Article 144 was imposed in the town, but the Congress leaders did not agree and violated the Article 144 therefore 9 persons including former legislator Virendra Raghuvanshi were arrested.
Meanwhile, the Shivpuri town observed total bandh against the inactiveness of the police that claimed life of 11-year-old boy who was abducted for ransom and later found murdered.
The police and administration of Shivpuri are facing serious problems following the kidnapping and murder of school child Utsav. The senior officers in Bhopal are keeping a close watch over the situation and every development of the situation is being reported to the Chief Minister.
The divisional commissioner SB Singh Additional DG police UC Sarangi, DIG police Hari Singh Yadav are camping in Shivpuri.
Shivpuri Collector Ravikant Jain said that the situation is getting normal fast. He said that the mastermind of kidnapping and killers of Utsav Goyal are under police custody. Two more accused have also been arrested. Others being are searched. Jain said that the people who are forcing the shopkeepers to close their shops are being arrested by the police. He said that condition in Berad and Pohari are normal.
Cases have been registered against the persons participating in bandh in Shivpuri, Berad and Pohari police stations. The police have been deployed extensively in Shivpuri town. On the third day of the incident in view of call of bandh by the Congress the administration kept a close watch over the situation and nearly half a dozen congress leaders including former MlA Virendra Raghuvanshi were arrested.
The Shivpuri SP said, “The situation is normalizing speedily, Congress bandh does not have much impact today and we are proud to claim that we have successfully averted a definite communal riot.”
Singh further said that the boy kidnapped and murdered was Hindu and the murderer and kidnappers were Muslims, so the communal riot was definite but it was the police administration that controlled the situation wisely and averted a major incident.
He further said, “The police personnel executed their duties very calmly and despite getting seven of us injured we did not lost our patience and did not harmed even a single person from the public.”