Gujarat: One lifeless, policemen injured as mob hurls stones to oppose plan to raze dargah

By PTI

JUNAGADH: One particular person died apparently after being hit by a stone, whereas no less than 5 police personnel had been injured in Gujarat’s Junagadh metropolis after a gaggle of individuals hurled stones and torched a car to oppose the civic physique’s plan to raze a dargah to clear “encroachment”, officers mentioned on Saturday.

The incident occurred on Friday night time close to Majevadi Darwaja within the metropolis, throughout which the police lobbed tear fuel shells and baton-charged the protesters to manage the state of affairs, and later rounded up 174 individuals, they mentioned.

The actual motive behind the civilian’s loss of life could be recognized after the autopsy, however the police suspect that he died after being hit by a stone hurled by the mob.

“On June 14, the Junagadh Municipal Corporation issued a notice to a mosque near Majevadi Darwaja to produce documents regarding the ownership of land. Agitated over the notice, around 500-600 people gathered near the religious structure and blocked roads on Friday night,” Superintendent of Police Ravi Teja Vasamsetty mentioned.

Deputy SP of Junagadh and different employees, who had been current on the website, tried to persuade them.

After practically an hour-long deliberations geared toward discovering a peaceable decision to the matter and clearing the protesters’ highway blockade, some stones had been thrown on the police employees round 10.15 pm, he mentioned.

Shouting slogans, some individuals, agitated over the discover to the dargah, charged towards the police personnel and tried to assault them, he added.

Police lobbed tear fuel shells and baton-charged to disperse the unruly crowd.

Junagadh DySP, three sub-inspectors, and two different police personnel had been injured within the incident, however all of them are out of hazard, he mentioned, including {that a} mob additionally set a car on hearth.

“A civilian died and it appears that stone-pelting was the cause of his death. But we are waiting for a post-mortem report to know the exact cause. Police teams rounded up 174 people in a combing operation,” Vasamsetty mentioned.

Police personnel are deployed within the space to keep away from any additional untoward incident and efforts to nab all these concerned within the conflict are being taken, he mentioned.

JUNAGADH: One particular person died apparently after being hit by a stone, whereas no less than 5 police personnel had been injured in Gujarat’s Junagadh metropolis after a gaggle of individuals hurled stones and torched a car to oppose the civic physique’s plan to raze a dargah to clear “encroachment”, officers mentioned on Saturday.

The incident occurred on Friday night time close to Majevadi Darwaja within the metropolis, throughout which the police lobbed tear fuel shells and baton-charged the protesters to manage the state of affairs, and later rounded up 174 individuals, they mentioned.

The actual motive behind the civilian’s loss of life could be recognized after the autopsy, however the police suspect that he died after being hit by a stone hurled by the mob.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

“On June 14, the Junagadh Municipal Corporation issued a notice to a mosque near Majevadi Darwaja to produce documents regarding the ownership of land. Agitated over the notice, around 500-600 people gathered near the religious structure and blocked roads on Friday night,” Superintendent of Police Ravi Teja Vasamsetty mentioned.

Deputy SP of Junagadh and different employees, who had been current on the website, tried to persuade them.

After practically an hour-long deliberations geared toward discovering a peaceable decision to the matter and clearing the protesters’ highway blockade, some stones had been thrown on the police employees round 10.15 pm, he mentioned.

Shouting slogans, some individuals, agitated over the discover to the dargah, charged towards the police personnel and tried to assault them, he added.

Police lobbed tear fuel shells and baton-charged to disperse the unruly crowd.

Junagadh DySP, three sub-inspectors, and two different police personnel had been injured within the incident, however all of them are out of hazard, he mentioned, including {that a} mob additionally set a car on hearth.

“A civilian died and it appears that stone-pelting was the cause of his death. But we are waiting for a post-mortem report to know the exact cause. Police teams rounded up 174 people in a combing operation,” Vasamsetty mentioned.

Police personnel are deployed within the space to keep away from any additional untoward incident and efforts to nab all these concerned within the conflict are being taken, he mentioned.