Communal tension prevailed in temple town at Faizabad, after hundred of activists of separate Hindu organizations went on rampage and also set ablaze a local police outpost on Tuesday morning. Interestingly, they accused the local police of trying to shelter criminals involved in sensational rape and a murder of a girl and indulged in violence to protest it but the cops claimed that the family members named just one culprit in their FIR and he was already arrested and sent to jail.
Heavy police is patrolling in the area to defuse the tense atmosphere. Reports said that protesting against inaction of the Faizabad police to nab all the five criminals involved in rape and murder of a girl hailing from Amaniganj in Khandsa locality of the district, hundred of activists of the Hindu organizations took road and blocked the traffic movement at Bhadhurganj crossing on Tuesday morning. When the cops tried to chase them away, they went on rampage and besides throwing stones, they also ransacked the local police outpost and set it ablaze in which some belonging were reduced to ashes. Senior Suprintendent of Police, KB Singh, who reached the spot along with heavy police force claimed to have chased away the trouble makers. He said that the protest was lodged just as some anti-social elements spread message that the girl was gang raped and there were five criminals involved in the crime. However, he said that the brother of the victim lodged name of just one accused Nadeem, whom they already sent to jail and were trying to collect maximum evidences against him so they could ensure his conviction in the crime as well as maximum punishment.