Jamshedpur conflict: Alleged desecration of a non secular flag led to brick-batting and stone pelting between two teams and arson at Shastrinagar space in Jamshedpur, prompting the authorities to impose Prohibitory Orders underneath Section 144 of CrPC in the locality as we speak (April 9), an official stated.
While six individuals have been injured in stone-throwing, two retailers and an auto-rickshaw have been set ablaze by the warring teams and the police fired tear fuel shells to disperse the mob, he stated. An satisfactory police drive has been deployed in Shastrinagar underneath Kadma police station in Jharkhand to take care of regulation and order.
“Prohibitory Orders under Section 144 of CrPC were clamped in the area,” stated Sub-Divisional Officer (Dhalbhum), Piyush Sinha.
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Tension has been brewing in the world since Saturday (April 8) when members of a neighborhood organisation discovered {that a} piece of meat was tagged to a Ram Navami flag, police stated. Several such organisations protested and demanded that the police arrest the culprits inside 24 hours.
The scenario turned violent on Sunday when a store was gutted resulting in brick-batting from each side injuring six individuals. A mob additionally set on fireplace an autorickshaw, forcing the police to fireplace tear fuel shells.
DIG (Kolhan) Ajay Linda stated that the retailers and the auto-rickshaw have been set ablaze by native miscreants.
(With companies inputs)
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