After search by police to prevent cow slaughter in Ahmedabad
One person was killed in a clash between a group of butchers and the police in the sensitive Shahpur area of Ahmedabad on Monday. Besides, six others, including three cops, also received injuries.
Sources in Gujarat Police said that they had to burst over 60 teargas shells to disperse the mob involved in pelting stones on cops. The team of cops was conducting a search to prevent slaughter of cows in communally sensitive Shahpur area.
The police detained two vehicles and arrested six persons in connection with two separate incidents related to illegal cow trafficking and attack on police. The police also rescued 14 calves from butchers.
The Ahmedabad Commissioner of Police Shivanand Jha and the Congress MlA of Shahpur area Gyasuddin Shaikh along with other top officials visited the area to ensure peace. “We have deployed adequate police personnel and the situation is under control. Apart from the policemen, Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel have also been deployed at ground zero,” said a senior police officer adding that the police will not take chance in view of Bakara Eid.
According to the police, the clash erupted after a group of residents in Shahpur area protested against the search operation for a person allegedly involved in cow slaughter, which is prohibited by law.
On Sunday evening around 8 pm, when police conducted combing operation in Shahpur, an angry mob of a particular community attacked the cops with stones, bottles and crude bombs. Apart from bursting teargas shells, the police also fired 10 rounds in air. To control the situation, the police used armored vehicles to enter into narrow streets in the area.
Tension ensued on Friday when the cops stopped a truck carrying calves towards a local slaughterhouse. Despite indulging into illegal activities, the butchers tried to run over the cops while trying to stop them. Tension prevails in the Muslim dominated areas like Shahpur, Dariyapur and Mirzapur.
To prevent slaughter of cows, members of Bajarang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad tried to move inside Muslim areas. However they were stopped and detained by the police on Monday.