Some unidentified youths tried to vitiate the atmosphere of the State capital on Tuesday during the special Eid prayers at Taj ul Masajid.
Eyewitnesses in large number told The Pioneer that two youths reached near the mosque when the Eid prayers were going on and shouted slogans like ‘Bharat mein rehna hoga tau vande matram kehna hoga’ and ‘Jai Jai Shree Ram.’
Police personnel deployed at the site immediately caught hold of them in the meantime, the Eid prayer came to an end and Muslims in large number gathered at the place.
Sensing trouble, the police took away both the youth in the nearby Paras Hospital and later to some undisclosed destination.
Meanwhile, the Muslim crowd started demanding handover the youth to them, observing that the situation ws going out of control, Bhopal North SP Arvind Saxena reached the spot and pacified the agitating crowd by assuring them that strict action would be taken against the youth.
Though, Saxena while talking to The Pioneer said that nobody has been arrested or taken into police custody.
He said, “When I reached the spot, there was a large gathering of Muslims and they were demanding arrest of the unidentified youth who shouted inflammatory slogans when the Namaz was on. We tried to find out the youth allegedly hiding in the Paras Hospital by searching the hospital but nobody was found in the hospital.”
Saxena further said that after the search he talked to Muslims elders and assured them of stern action against any organization or person who was behind the incident that could have ruined the peace of the city.