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Ambedkar's image on paper plates leads to tension
TNN, Oct 4, 2010, 03.31am IST
NAGPUR: City police had tough time on Sunday evening after an irate
mob started agitating in protest against sale of snacks on paper
plates which had the image of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar printed on the
back side of them.
The incident took place at a snacks stall at an ongoing seasonal fair
on the ground behind Ram Mandir at Ram Nagar chowk.
The trouble started when a buyer objected the vendor selling snacks at
a Chinese fast food stall on paper plates that had Ambedkar's image
printed behind them.
The legendary man has an iconic image among the masses and is
considered a holy figure especially by the members of the backward
community. They protested and asked the vendor to stop selling the
snacks on the plates and discard the entire pack. The vendor
reportedly said that doing so he would run into losses as he spent a
considerable amount buying them.
Supporters of Dr Ambedkar immediately started protesting against the
vendor's act. The protest soon snowballed into tension as a violent
mob ransacked the outlet and also damaged few more stalls in the
vicinity bringing the fair to a halt.
Unconfirmed sources claimed that some of the agitators also pelted
stones as the tension spilled on to the streets. Few passers-by learnt
to have also got hit by the stray stones hurled by the agitators. Ram
Nagar chowk soon became the epicentre of the agitation as the tension
soon reached the Ambazari police station. A morcha comprising the
agitated swelled mob thronged the police station too.
Local corporator Prakash Gajbhiye said that he condemned such erratic
and violent reactions from the members of the community on slightest
of provocation. "The people should have reacted more responsibly
rather than expressing in a manner disrupting peace," said Gajbhiye.
He appealed to masses to maintain peace.
The alert cops already sent an unit of Quick Response Team at the site
and police team to control the mob. The adjoining police stations too
had been alerted as more cops were diverted to the Ambazari police
station.
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