As many as nine people were arrested and forwarded to court by police on Saturday allegedly for clash between sections of Hindu and Muslims that led to a communal riot on Friday at Rajgangpur. Eight platoons of force were deployed.
Sources said one Bishnu Sahu, a resident of Bagichapara under Rajgangpur police station of Sundargarh district, was beaten by a Muslim youth on Friday afternoon at around 3 pm over some issue. After some time, Bishnu Sahu along with several people beat the youth in retaliation.
At around 5 pm, several people of the minority community reached at Rajgangpur police station and lodged an FIR. When police took some time to take action, they started beating Hindus who came in front of them. At some places, they also damaged vehicles. Protesting against the action, several people of Hindu
community reached at Rajgangpur police station at around 7 pm and geheroed the police station, demanding action against the culprits.Tension prevailed on the spot and thereafter about eight platoons of force were deployed at different places at Rajgangpur. The police launched a manhunt for the accused on Friday night and on Saturday morning, arrested nine persons.The arrested were identified as Samash Tabrej(40), Md Azim(48), Md Manzoor(44), Md Irfan (27), AhmedMuktar (24), Md Sarfraj (18), Md Samsed(25), Md Tanvir Alam (29) and Raj Kumar Prasad (25).