UDAIPUR: Authorities in Udaipur demolished Saturday the rented home of a Class 10 pupil accused of stabbing one other boy with a knife at a authorities faculty yesterday. The drastic motion got here in response to widespread protests, clashes, and arson amid communal rigidity within the southern Rajasthan metropolis.
Web companies remained suspended till 10pm Sunday, however markets reopened and curbs on motion had been lifted.Nevertheless, colleges within the district have been closed till additional discover.
After stabbing, Rajasthan asks academics to verify schoolbags for sharp objects
A group of neurology, nephrology, and different specialists was flown from Jaipur to Udaipur by chartered flight to deal with the injured boy.
“His situation is secure,” stated district collector Arvind Poswal. Dr Vipin Mathur, overseeing the boy’s therapy, stated the scholar suffered appreciable blood loss as a result of knife wound. “When blood doesn’t attain the physique components, they stop functioning. It’s troublesome to foretell how lengthy the restoration will take,” Mathur stated.
In response to calls for for strict motion from the injured boy’s household and protesters, together with BJP MLA Phool Singh Meena, district authorities introduced in a bulldozer and demolished the home the place the accused and his household lived. The home proprietor protested the transfer and questioned his culpability, however his objections had been ignored. The accused boy was detained, and his father was arrested Friday.
Collector Poswal defended the motion: “It sends a transparent message that anybody committing against the law and trying to disturb peace will face strict penalties.”
In keeping with authorities, the forest division issued a discover Saturday to vacate the home, allegedly constructed illegally on its land. Whereas the discover allowed 72 hours for vacating, public outrage prompted the bulldozer motion on the identical day. Some individuals tried to protest, however police dispersed them.
In response to the stabbing, Rajasthan training division imposed a strict ban on sharp objects corresponding to knives and scissors in colleges. Academics are actually required to examine college students’ belongings, together with baggage and desks, to make sure no prohibited objects, together with intoxicants or dangerous objects, are introduced to highschool. Mother and father had been urged to be vigilant and periodically verify their kids’s baggage.
(inputs from Jaipur)
