With Kanth (Moradabad) incident yet to be resolved, Western Uttar Pradesh continued to remain communally tense with some more incidents reported from Aligarh, Muzaffarnagar etc, which resulted into protest, clash between the members of two communities.
In Aligarh, the leaders and members of BJP under the leadership of local mayor, Shakuntala Bharti, staged a huge demonstration demanding arrest of culprits and removal of local station officer of Barla, just due to some incidents of cow slaughtering in the area on Saturday. Reports said that about half a dozen cows were found slaughtered in the jungles of Alakhpur in Barla on early Saturday morning. The news went like a wildfire and over 200 local residents mostly members of BJP led by the city mayor gathered outside the police station and staged a huge demonstration demanding suspension of station officer, and arrest of accused whom they identified as Fakrudeen aka Panda and Dhora.
Senior officers who rushed to the spot soon after getting the information tried to defuse the situation by registering a case against the accused and assuring of their arrest. They also assured that a probe would be conducted and if any negligence has been found on behalf of local station officer than he will be also suspended after which the protest ended. Heavy police force is still patrolling in the area after finding the situation tense between the two communities.
In the first incident, reported from Muzaffarnagar, which is similar to that of Kanth in Moradabad, dispute between two communities took place over removal of loudspeaker from a temple by local administration on Friday evening. Reports said that some Muslim youths objected over playing of loudspeakers in a temple situated in a Dalit locality at Khedibiran hamlet of Sikheda on Friday evening. This led to opposition and a scuffle took place. Police which rushed to the spot instead of making any amicable solution, forcibly get the playing of loud speaker stopped and also took a local youth identified as Sagar to police station.
Agitated with the police action, hundred of Dalits gathered at the police station and demanded immediate release of Sagar and also to take action against one Anwar of opposite side who dared to raise objection over playing of loud-speaker and also scuffling over the issue.The cops subsequently release Sagar but as they not allowed to play the loud-speakers again so the members of the Dalit community was agitated and on Saturday they not just once again staged a protest but a meeting was held under the leadership of local pradhan, identified as Nirdosh Kumar Pal, to take up the issue further. Surprisingly, senior officers so far not intervened to get the issue resolved.
In another incident also reported from Muzaffarnagar, at least 10 persons were injured as two groups of students clashed at Dhamat hamlet of Purkazi locality on Friday evening. SP (City) Sarvan Kumar disclosed to the reporters on Saturday morning that the clash occurred on Friday evening after a dispute broke out between the two groups over bathing in the canal. He said it was students belonging to separate communities who were involved in the incident, which left several injured and also saw some vehicles and establishments of one of the community damaged. Senior officers have rushed to the spot and the situation is now under control, he said, adding that security has been tightened and additional personnel deployed in the area. Following the above clash, irate locals staged a roadblock for a few hours on the Delhi-Hardwar National Highway demanding the arrest of those responsible.