Tension prevailed in Muzaffarnagar after violence

Tension prevailed in Muzaffarnagar after violence broke out in the sensitive Nai Mandi area following a clash between two communities over construction of a drain. While one person died in the clash four others were critically injured and shifted to hospital. 

Senior police officers who rushed to the spot along with heavy police force claimed that the situation in tense but under control. They said that cases will be registered and the accused will be brought to book. They also deployed one platoon of Provincial Armed Constabulary to avert any further clash.Reports said that a petty dispute between members of two communities at Nai Mandi area in Muzaffarnagar took an ugly turn on Thursday when both the parties came head to head and clashed with each other. They pelted stones on each other and later also opened fire which proved fatal. Though police officials ruled out the matter as of communal clash, but sources maintained that both the groups were hailing from separate religions. The one who died in the incident was later on identified as Dr Gayur. The injured have been rushed to hospital.

Sources said that one of the groups later also sat on dharna along with the body in protest against the killing and demanded arrest of the accused.   The violence continued for over two hours and was controlled only after arrival of the police officials. Heavy police is patrolling in the area. It may be mentioned that Muzaffarnagar witnessed bloody riots last year, in which 68 people were killed and over 50,000 people were rendered homeless.

Meanwhile, a FIR on charges of “treason” has been registered against 10 youths after they allegedly wore Pakistan cricket team t-shirts during a religious procession in a village at Kushinagar, leading to tension in the area. “An FIR on charges of treason has been registered against 10 youths at Kubersthan police station here last evening,”Superintendent of Police of Kushinagar, lalit Kumar Singh disclosed to the media persons on Thursday morning. 

It may be mentioned that tension gripped Kalyan Chhapar village after the youths were seen participating in the procession on last Tuesday wearing Pakistan cricket team t-shirts. This was opposed by some locals, who later informed the police. After the intervention of police, the youths removed their t-shirts. Heavy police force was deployed in the area to prevent any untoward incident. “Further probe in the matter has been handed over to Additional SP, Chandraprakash Shukla as it could have created a major law and order problem had the police not intervened timely,” Singh said. 

Meanwhile a girl was also raped in Mahoba while three persons were killed in a separate incident reported from Rae Bareli. In Mahoba, a teenaged girl was allegedly raped in Kudar area here on Wednesday. According to the reports, a 13-year-old girl, who had been staying at her sister’s home in Kharela village of Kudar area was raped by neighbour Sunil, when she was feeding the livestock on Wednesday night.  The victim’s sister reached at the spot when an alarm was raised by the girl to save her. Sunil after threatening both the sisters of dire consequences, fled the scene.  The girl is native of Muskra area of the Hamirpur village and had come to the house of her married sister.  Police has arrested Sunil and sent the girl for medical examination.

In Rae Bareli, at least three people were killed in a road accident in the Bhadokhar area. Reports said that Neeraj Trivedi (28), Arvind Shukla (30) and Pammu (27), all resident of Admapur Arraru area of Rae Bareli, were going to Dalmau to take holy dip in  Ganga bath on occasion of Kartik Purnima (Ganga Snan) on early Thursday morning. Their  motor-cycle reportedly fell when they were passing through an under-construction flyover in the Kaithanpurva village of Dalmau in which all the three were killed.  They worked as labourers in the district. Bodies have been sent for postmortem and police was investigating the case.