A delegation of the Hindu Jagaran Manch led by its leaders Mahesh Paliwal, Radheshyam Sharma, Ashok Eran and Ashok Badjatya on Thursday called on IG Vipin Maheshwari and demanded action against the culprits for vitiating law and order position in the locality.
later in the day, a delegation of the Bajrang Dal led by its State convener Sanjay Holkar staged a demonstration at the collectorate protesting the incident of cow slaughter in Chandan Nagar locality. The Bajrang Dal activists also handed over a memorandum addressed to the District Collector to ADM Alok Kumar Singh demanding strict action against those who indulged in cow slaughter in the locality. Besides they also demanded ban on cow slaughters in the district.
Though the district administration has described the situation in Chandan Nagar and elsewhere in the State under control, it was not leaving anything to chance and accordingly has strengthen security measures in other communally sensitive areas of the city by deputing police jawans in large number. City police during the course of its combing operation in the past two days have already arrested over 150 miscreants for trying to vitiate law and order situation.
IG (Intelligence) Sriniwas Rao, who is also camping in the city for the past two days to keep a tab on law and order position, also undertook tour of the curfew-bound Chandan Nagar and is collecting all the intelligence inputs which may throw light on the reasons behind communal flare-up in Chandan Nagar. Over 35 persons including 27 police personnel had sustained injuries following a communal flare-up in Chandan Nagar on Tuesday after recovery of a carcass of cow from a drain in the locality.