Romi village of Sadar block, which is just outside the Hazaribagh municipal area, remained disturbed on Friday from the morning till the evening. It all started with a clash between two groups of youths of two different muhallas of the village and it finally resulted in the arrest of 11 persons of the Abdul Bari Colony while four persons of Purani Basti area got injured due to firing in which one has been referred to RIMS Ranchi.
As per the eyewitnesses and FIR lodged in Pelawal PS some youths of Purani Basti came near Abdul Bari Colony as per their daily routine in the name of morning walk. The residents of the colony were regularly watching their activity which was according to them intolerable. On Friday morning they came as per their routine and started their activities which was unacceptable to the residents so the youths of the colony who had already warned them today charged on them in which one Md Meku was beaten.
The youths of Purani Basti assembled the other youths and at about 10’o clock once again moved towards Bari Colony. When the residents of Bari Colony saw them coming with hockey sticks and other such tools of clash then they too came out of their houses. It is said that the residents of Bari Colony opened fire on the group of youths and others of Purani Basti.
In this firing four persons of Purani Basti got injured. Guddu Khan got injury in leg while Md Nasim in chest and Shahjahan in various parts of the body. Their treatment is going on in Sadar Hospital. One injured Md Ishtiyaque has got injury in his head so doctors referred him to RIMS Ranchi. The cartridge used in this firing was of lG type, commonly used in air-guns.
DSP Arvind Kumar Singh along with SDO Jugnu Minj reached the spot with Pelawal Police team and started search operation in Bari Colony. They seized two rifles, mobiles, laptops etc from the house of retired ADM Abdul Bari and arrested his son Sanaul Bari. Amidst protest from residents of Bari Colony after deputation of Magistrate the police team succeeded in entering into a locked house named Ayub Manjil from where 10 people were arrested.
Amidst the heavy protest of residents of Purani Basti the police team returned with the arrested persons. The residents of Purani Basti were demanding to hand over the culprits to them. Police took a wise decision and instead of keeping the culprits in Pelawal PS shifted them to another PS. The crowd of Purani Basti soon reached Pelawal Police Station and jammed the NH100. In the evening when extra police force reached there then the jam ended.