INDORE: Ratlam police have filed an FIR in opposition to 150 folks and arrested three of them after a crowd pelted stones at cops and broken autos on Saturday night time after stubbornly trailing the cops to a spot the place a stone had allegedly been thrown at a Ganesh procession earlier that night.
Police resorted to a light lathicharge and lobbed tear gasoline shells to disperse the gang. Police forces from adjoining districts needed to be referred to as in. There’s heavy police deployment in Ratlam, 140km from Indore.
The ruckus began on Saturday night when a transgender named Kajal alleged that somebody had thrown a stone that hit a person within the Ganesh procession when it was passing by means of Mochipura space.
SP Rahu Lodha mentioned that there was nothing to corroborate this allegation. “All CCTV footage from the world has been reviewed, and no proof of stone pelting was discovered. The idol was additionally not broken,” the SP mentioned, assuring that if any proof emerges in the course of the investigation, applicable motion will likely be taken in opposition to the culprits.
Police filed an FIR in opposition to unidentified individuals on Saturday night time however a crowd of 500 gathered at Station Highway police station and refused to relent. SP Lodha led a staff to the spot however a big crowd adopted carefully behind. The SP requested them to disperse, and that’s when stone pelting started.
Because the state of affairs deteriorated, police had to make use of pressure. The unrest began round 8:30 pm and stretched until midnight. Police groups from Jaora city in Ratlam and Dhar district had been additionally referred to as in.
On Sunday morning, SP Lodha mentioned the investigation has not confirmed any stone pelting on the Ganesh idol. Police questioned three individuals who filed the grievance – together with transgender Kajal and Lakhan Rajwaniya. SP Lodha mentioned the trio supplied inconsistent accounts of the incident.
Police have registered a case in opposition to 13 named people and 150 others for rioting and sloganeering in the course of the night time.
These named within the FIR embody Kajal, Lakhan, Ravi Sharma, Mahendra Solanki, Jalaj Sankhla, Ravi Sen, Vijay Prajapati, Nitesh, Mukesh Banjara, Manthan Bhonsle, Aman Jain, Jaydeep Gurjar, and Aju Bargunda. They’ve been accused of inciting the gang, making a ruckus, and vandalising autos.
Sankhla is the district vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). Lakhan, Kajal and Solanki had been arrested late Saturday night time, and two others, Mukesh Banjara and Ajju Bargunda, had been detained on Sunday.
Police resorted to a light lathicharge and lobbed tear gasoline shells to disperse the gang. Police forces from adjoining districts needed to be referred to as in. There’s heavy police deployment in Ratlam, 140km from Indore.
The ruckus began on Saturday night when a transgender named Kajal alleged that somebody had thrown a stone that hit a person within the Ganesh procession when it was passing by means of Mochipura space.
SP Rahu Lodha mentioned that there was nothing to corroborate this allegation. “All CCTV footage from the world has been reviewed, and no proof of stone pelting was discovered. The idol was additionally not broken,” the SP mentioned, assuring that if any proof emerges in the course of the investigation, applicable motion will likely be taken in opposition to the culprits.
Police filed an FIR in opposition to unidentified individuals on Saturday night time however a crowd of 500 gathered at Station Highway police station and refused to relent. SP Lodha led a staff to the spot however a big crowd adopted carefully behind. The SP requested them to disperse, and that’s when stone pelting started.
Because the state of affairs deteriorated, police had to make use of pressure. The unrest began round 8:30 pm and stretched until midnight. Police groups from Jaora city in Ratlam and Dhar district had been additionally referred to as in.
On Sunday morning, SP Lodha mentioned the investigation has not confirmed any stone pelting on the Ganesh idol. Police questioned three individuals who filed the grievance – together with transgender Kajal and Lakhan Rajwaniya. SP Lodha mentioned the trio supplied inconsistent accounts of the incident.
Police have registered a case in opposition to 13 named people and 150 others for rioting and sloganeering in the course of the night time.
These named within the FIR embody Kajal, Lakhan, Ravi Sharma, Mahendra Solanki, Jalaj Sankhla, Ravi Sen, Vijay Prajapati, Nitesh, Mukesh Banjara, Manthan Bhonsle, Aman Jain, Jaydeep Gurjar, and Aju Bargunda. They’ve been accused of inciting the gang, making a ruckus, and vandalising autos.
Sankhla is the district vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). Lakhan, Kajal and Solanki had been arrested late Saturday night time, and two others, Mukesh Banjara and Ajju Bargunda, had been detained on Sunday.
