- Violence order of day at Inner Rania Road.
- POLICE resorts to light cane charge, rounds up a dozen hooligans.
- Over a dozen said to be injured in stone pelting.
- Tearing of poster of Guru Ravidas sparked violence.
- Prohibitory orders U/s 144 clamped, situation under control now- SSP Saurabh Singh
20 February, 2014
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Orders prohibiting assembly of five or
more people and carrying weapons were imposed under Section 144 of the CrPC in
Sirsa town on Thursday, following violent clashes between two communities late
on Wednesday night.
In the clash said to be between members
of the Ravidasiya community and Shorger community late in the
evening of Wednesday, over several people were injured. The clash took place
around 9 pm on Wednesday after a poster of Guru Ravidas on Ravidas Mandir situated near Baba Bihari Samadh & Gurudwara Chilla Sahib was found torn.
Heated arguments between the two
communities lead to pelting each other with stones and exchanging blows of
batons. Police teams reached the spot and controlled the situation from getting
out of hands.
On Thursday morning, police officials
called the representatives of both the communities for talks. However, members
of both the communities clashed again. The POLICE had to resort to light force
and Cane Charge to disperse the hooligans on the streets. Deputy Commissioner Dr
. J. Ganesan and SSP Saurabh Singh took stock of the situation. Market on the
road remained closed today
"Situation is now under control.
Police teams, along with CRPF personnel called from Hisar and Fatehabad, have
been deployed on Rania Road and several other parts of the city," SSP Saurabh
Singh said.
The police have arrested several persons
from both the sides and cases of rioting and hurting religious sentiments have
been registered.
When a police Gypsy went to take some
youths from both sides to the police station, the violence erupted again.
Suddenly, some abusive language used by a
youth triggered the clash and soon the situation worsened with both sides
hurling stones at each other and it was free for all for the next almost three
hours.
Later, Deputy Commissioner J Ganesan and
Senior Superintendent of Police Saurabh Singh went to the site and took control
of the situation with the help of a heavy police force.
The road was blocked from both sides and
the police organised a flag march in the area. Saurabh Singh said a peace
committee of local residents was formed and the two sides had promised to sink
differences.
The situation was widely under control by
3.00PM.Read this NEWS in Hindi: http://www.jagran.com/haryana/sirsa-11106707.html
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