Communal tension prevailed in the Hanuman Chowk area of Muzaffarnagar when an eve-teasing incident led to violence between members of two communities on Thursday.
luckily heavy police force led by SSP, KB Singh rushed to the spot and defused the situation. later two companies of PAC was deployed to assist the local police in ensuring peace in the area. A case was also registered and over half a dozen persons were detained.
Talking to media persons, SSP, KB Singh said that trouble started on Wednesday evening after a youth was assaulted by the brother of a girl, who was teased by a youth from the minority community. After saner elements intervened, the situation became normal. Howeveron Thursday morning, the youth who was thrashed returned to the area, dragged the irl’s brother and assaulted him with the help of his aides.
The news of attack on the girl’s brother spread like wild fire and within no time, members of both groups gathered and clashed with each other. They pelted stones and also fired to terrorise the other party.
The SSP said that the local police was already patrolling the area and hence they used force immediately and dispersed the crowd. later officers and personnel rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to the hospital. He said that the situation was tense but under control and additional forces have been deployed in the area while talks are on with saner elements from both sides.
It may be mentioned that in September 2013, a similar eve-teasing incident lead to major communal riot in the district and its adjoining places in which 68 people were killed and more than 50,000 people of minority community had to flee their villages and take refuge in shelter homes run by government.