By PTI
KHEDA: Seven individuals, together with a policeman, had been injured in an assault on a Garba occasion by a mob consisting of members from the Muslim neighborhood who objected to holding of the programme close to a mosque in Gujarat’s Kheda district, police stated on Tuesday.
Police baton-charged the suspected attackers arrested within the case by holding them in opposition to an electrical pole within the village sq. in full public view.
Video clips purportedly confirmed three individuals arrested for allegedly pelting stones on members on the Garba celebration on Monday night time in Undhela village of the district being introduced out of a police van close to the occasion’s venue.
They had been then taken in direction of an electrical pole and held in opposition to it by a policeman who pulled their arms. Another policeman is seen hitting them under the waist with a baton.
The pictures confirmed the alleged attackers apologised to the general public gathered on the spot with folded arms after policemen requested them to take action. People current in a big quantity on the website cheered the police motion.
Police have arrested 13 individuals up to now after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered on the Matar police station, stated Deputy Superintendent of Police V R Bajpai. Police had been deployed in massive quantity on the village following the incident, he added.
“The village Sarpanch (head) had organised Garba (a popular Gujarati folk dance) at a temple. A mob from the Muslim community tried to stop it from taking place,” Bajpai advised reporters.
The mob pelted stones and at the least seven individuals, together with a Gram Rakshak Dal (GRD) jawan and a policeman, had been injured, he stated.
“The FIR says a mob of 150 people, including women, attacked the group performing Garba by pelting stones. As per the FIR, 43 of the accused have been identified by their name,” the official stated.
The arrested accused had been booked below sections of the Indian penal Code (IPC) associated to aim to homicide, rioting, illegal meeting and voluntarily inflicting harm, amongst others.
“The Sarpanch had organised the Garba event at the village temple on ashtami (eighth day of Navratri), but a mob tried to stop the function,” DySP Bajpai stated.
“A group of people led by two men identified as Arif and Zahir entered the Navratri Garba venue and started causing trouble. They even threw stones,” stated Kheda Superintendent of Police Rajesh Gadhiya.
“We have deployed police force in the village to main peace,” he stated.
As per the FIR, members from the Muslim neighborhood within the village objected to the Garba being organised close to the mosque which is situated throughout the temple.
A bunch of individuals gathered on the venue at round 11:30 pm and began hurling abuses on the revellers and requested them to pack up.
More individuals joined them and the mob began pelting stones when the revellers continued to play Garba, stated the FIR.
Some of them had been armed with sharp weapons, sticks they usually pelted stones on the temple, stated the FIR.
At least six individuals had been injured after revellers at a Garba venue had been attacked by some intruders in Gujarat’s Kheda district, police stated on Tuesday.
Police had been deployed at Undhela village in Matar tehsil following the incident on Monday night time, stated an official.
“A group of people led by two men identified as Arif and Zahir entered the Navratri Garba venue and started causing trouble. They even pelted stones,” stated Kheda Superintendent of Police Rajesh Gadhiya.
“Six persons were injured. We have deployed police force in the village and efforts are underway to arrest the accused,” he stated, including {that a} dwelling guard deployed on the spot was amongst these injured.
Stone pelting was reported within the village sq. the place the Garba dance had been organized on the event of the Navratri pageant, and likewise on the method highway from a locality behind the venue, the SP stated.
Those who indulged in stone-pelting have been recognized and the locals had been being questioned totally, he added.
KHEDA: Seven individuals, together with a policeman, had been injured in an assault on a Garba occasion by a mob consisting of members from the Muslim neighborhood who objected to holding of the programme close to a mosque in Gujarat’s Kheda district, police stated on Tuesday.
Police baton-charged the suspected attackers arrested within the case by holding them in opposition to an electrical pole within the village sq. in full public view.
Video clips purportedly confirmed three individuals arrested for allegedly pelting stones on members on the Garba celebration on Monday night time in Undhela village of the district being introduced out of a police van close to the occasion’s venue.
They had been then taken in direction of an electrical pole and held in opposition to it by a policeman who pulled their arms. Another policeman is seen hitting them under the waist with a baton.
The pictures confirmed the alleged attackers apologised to the general public gathered on the spot with folded arms after policemen requested them to take action. People current in a big quantity on the website cheered the police motion.
Police have arrested 13 individuals up to now after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered on the Matar police station, stated Deputy Superintendent of Police V R Bajpai. Police had been deployed in massive quantity on the village following the incident, he added.
“The village Sarpanch (head) had organised Garba (a popular Gujarati folk dance) at a temple. A mob from the Muslim community tried to stop it from taking place,” Bajpai advised reporters.
The mob pelted stones and at the least seven individuals, together with a Gram Rakshak Dal (GRD) jawan and a policeman, had been injured, he stated.
“The FIR says a mob of 150 people, including women, attacked the group performing Garba by pelting stones. As per the FIR, 43 of the accused have been identified by their name,” the official stated.
The arrested accused had been booked below sections of the Indian penal Code (IPC) associated to aim to homicide, rioting, illegal meeting and voluntarily inflicting harm, amongst others.
“The Sarpanch had organised the Garba event at the village temple on ashtami (eighth day of Navratri), but a mob tried to stop the function,” DySP Bajpai stated.
“A group of people led by two men identified as Arif and Zahir entered the Navratri Garba venue and started causing trouble. They even threw stones,” stated Kheda Superintendent of Police Rajesh Gadhiya.
“We have deployed police force in the village to main peace,” he stated.
As per the FIR, members from the Muslim neighborhood within the village objected to the Garba being organised close to the mosque which is situated throughout the temple.
A bunch of individuals gathered on the venue at round 11:30 pm and began hurling abuses on the revellers and requested them to pack up.
More individuals joined them and the mob began pelting stones when the revellers continued to play Garba, stated the FIR.
Some of them had been armed with sharp weapons, sticks they usually pelted stones on the temple, stated the FIR.
At least six individuals had been injured after revellers at a Garba venue had been attacked by some intruders in Gujarat’s Kheda district, police stated on Tuesday.
Police had been deployed at Undhela village in Matar tehsil following the incident on Monday night time, stated an official.
“A group of people led by two men identified as Arif and Zahir entered the Navratri Garba venue and started causing trouble. They even pelted stones,” stated Kheda Superintendent of Police Rajesh Gadhiya.
“Six persons were injured. We have deployed police force in the village and efforts are underway to arrest the accused,” he stated, including {that a} dwelling guard deployed on the spot was amongst these injured.
Stone pelting was reported within the village sq. the place the Garba dance had been organized on the event of the Navratri pageant, and likewise on the method highway from a locality behind the venue, the SP stated.
Those who indulged in stone-pelting have been recognized and the locals had been being questioned totally, he added.
