By PTI
KHARGONE: Curfew was relaxed for 2 intervals of two hours on Thursday in violence-hit Khargone metropolis of Madhya Pradesh with police saying that alleged function of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in Sunday’s riot could be investigated.
Only girls have been allowed to step out to purchase important commodities from 10 am to 12 midday and from 3 pm to five pm. Curfew was relaxed after three days.
As many as 144 folks have been arrested in reference to the violence thus far.
Alleged involvement of the PFI and funding of the communal violence can be investigated, newly appointed Superintendent of Police Rohit Kashwani informed reporters. He was replying to a query about allegations that the outfit might be behind the violence.
Kashwani took cost as SP on Thursday as his predecessor Siddharth Choudhary is on depart after sustaining an damage in the course of the violence. “So far, 144 people have been arrested and 41 criminal cases have been registered,” the brand new SP stated.
Curfew was clamped in Khargone on Sunday night following incidents of arson and stone-pelting throughout Ram Navami celebrations. “The situation is under control. Only women have been allowed to step out of homes and buy essential stuff during curfew relaxations,” district collector Anugrah P informed reporters.
Only milk, vegetable, medical and grocery shops have been allowed to open in the course of the curfew rest interval, she added.
The BJP authorities within the state has constituted a two-member claims tribunal to recuperate damages from these concerned within the communal violence in Khargone.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday warned that his authorities is not going to spare anybody discovered indulging in riots, and in addition justified the demolition of ‘unlawful buildings’ belonging to these allegedly concerned within the violence in Khargone.
“The houses of persons belonging to the Scheduled Caste community were set ablaze (by the rioters in Khargone). Why shouldn’t action be taken against such people?” Chouhan requested throughout a gathering in Mhow city the place he paid tributes to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar on his 131st beginning anniversary.
Ambedkar was born in Mhow. “Some people are conspiring to spread riots in the state. They want to set the state on fire. I appeal to people to maintain peace and harmony. Nobody should worry about their security and honour, but if someone indulges in riots, then `Mama’ (as Chouhan is popularly called) will not spare them. The stern action against rioters will continue,” the chief minister stated.
He additionally assured that the homes torched by the rioters can be reconstructed.
