Communal tension flare-up in Kushinagar and Mathura districts following petty disputes. Heavy police force has been deployed in both the districts and senior officers were camping to defuse the situation. The cops in Mathura also arrested half a dozen persons in connection with violence while five were held in Kushninagar. According to reports from Kushinagar, the marriage of daughter of one Keshwar Sahani, a resident of Nebuwa Niragiya locality was taking place on last Sunday when some members of minority community barged inside to see dance in the orchestrate party. When some family members of Keshwar objected, the youths assaulted them and escaped after threatening them with their lives. The matter, however, took an ugly turn when Keshwar Sahani, after completing the marriage rituals, turned up at Nibuwa police station on Tuesday evening to register a case in connection with theSunday’s incident.
Reports said that as the news of registration of case reached to the miscreants, they once again struck and brutally assaulted both Keshwar and his wife along with other family members who came to their rescue. Surprisingly, the local police remained a mute spectator to the entire incident. The news of brutal assault on couple went like a wild fire and on Wednesday, hundred of villagers gathered in Keshwar’s support and tried to attack the miscreants. However, this time the police reacted in time and to save the culprits, not just the senior officers rushed to the spot but the police force from all the neighbouring police stations as well as adjoining districts has been summoned. Sources said that heavy police force is patrolling in the area and five persons were also arrested in connection with Sunday’s violence.
In Mathura, tension prevailed in Sonkh area the district as a group of people indulged in arson after a girl of their community allegedly eloped with a boy of another community, on last Saturday. Reports said that markets in the area were partially closed as the rampaging group took out a procession and burnt some items taken out from a worship place. They also burnt waste articles in front of the house of the boy with whom the girl, said to be in her teens, is alleged to have eloped. A large number of police personnel along with one company of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) has been deployed in the area to maintain peace. “Situation is tense but absolutely under control and hunt is on to nab the anti-social elements involved in arson,” said District Magistrate Rajesh Kumar, who had reached the area. “Efforts are on to recover the girl,” Kumar added. Sources said that five miscreants involved in violence were arrested by the police.