Tension gripped Kulpahar area in Mahoba when members of two communities clashed after a calf carcass with severe injury marks was found on Saturday afternoon.
The agitated crowd also reportedly burnt a dozen establishments. The situation could be only brought under control after DIG of Banda Range along with heavy police force reached the spot and chased away the trouble makers by opening lathi charge on them.
Reports said that a calf carcass was found near a shop in Sabji Mandi area on Saturday. Upset over the incident, around 150 agitators torched three temporary shops which invited ire of the other community and also they also came on road and clashed besides torching some other establishments. Eight persons have been arrested in this connection and further legal action is being taken, DIG of Banda Range claimed before the media persons.
Meanwhile in a separate incident in Saharanpur, half a dozen persons were injured in a clash between two groups following a minor accident in Deoband area. Reports said that a group of youths were traveling in a car on Friday night when their vehicle hit a youth near Balmiki Basti in the area, leading to an argument which soon turned violent as some locals joined in and indulged in brickbatting and firing. The injured, including the youth who was hit by the car, have been admitted to a primary health centre.
“The situation is under control,” Senior Superintendent of Police in Saharanpur, Nitin Tiwari said. Security personnel have been deployed in the area to prevent any untoward incident from happening as the two groups belong to different communities. Police is probing the incident based on complaints lodged by both the groups, Tiwari said, adding that a case under National Security Act might be filed against the accused.
In another incident reported from Muzaffarnagar, two school children were crushed to death and seven others injured by a speeding truck on Saturday morning, following which locals blocked the Delhi-Dehradun Highway and pelted stones at the police. The incident occurred when five children were going to school and a speeding truck hit them from behind near Chaparral village, killing Anas (10) and Bushra (11) on the spot and injuring the rest, police said.
Bodies have been sent for post-mortem and four others, who also received injuries in the accident were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment along with the (injured) children. Reports said that angry locals caught the driver and thrashed him before handing him over to the police. They also blocked the national highway and pelted stones at the police due to which traffic was affected. Senior police officers rushed to the spot and dispersed the crowd.