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12 injured in community clash during Navratri celebration in Ahmedabad
Published: Wednesday, Oct 5, 2011, 17:13 IST
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Ahmedabad | Agency: DNA
Navratri is not just fun, dance and general merrymaking - it also has
its share of turbulences at times. Around 12 people sustained injuries
in a clash that took place between people of two communities - darbars
and dalits - during Navratri on Tuesday.
Cops said that the incident was a retaliation by some members of
darbar community who were booked by dalits on October 1 in an atrocity
case with Sanand police. According to cops members of darbar community
went to attend the festival organised by dalits in their area on
Saturday. "While garba was going on, some girls complained of
molestation and subsequently the darbars were asked to leave the
venue. This irked them and a fight ensued," said a cop at Sanand
police station.
One Mukesh Gunvant lodged an FIR against five people of darbar
community. This act made the villagers very tense fearing further
clashes. On Tuesday, another round of violence erupted in the village.
"A dalit was riding a bike near a temple where women from darbar
community were worshipping. Some men from the darbar community asked
him to change the route which angered the biker. A heated exchange
followed and he was beaten up," said Sanand police station officials.
Meanwhile, the dalit man brought five to six people from his community
and another round of fight broke out between the two communities.
According to Rajiv Ranjan Bhagat, district superintendent of police,
Ahmedabad district, by the time police were informed, the incident was
brought under control.
Bhagat said that 12 policemen have been deployed in the village to
stop further escalation of violence. He also said that Tuesday's
incident was a repercussion of what had happened on October 1 during
the garba in dalit area. He said that a case of rioting has been
lodged with Sanand police.
With this, the total number of communal violence incidents in
Ahmedabad district has risen to 36 in 2011. In the first six months of
2011, rural areas registered a total of 35 instances of rioting
compared to previous year's 31 cases. A total of 55 such incidents
were reported in 2010.
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