A clash broke out between two communities during the immersion of the Devi Durga idol in Rehua Mansoor village in the Hardi police station area of Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, after Jihadis objected to DJ music played in the procession. One person was shot dead during the violence while several others were injured from stone pelting. The deceased has been identified as 22-year-old Ram Gopal Mishra, who was part of the idol immersion group. Mishra was rushed to the medical college hospital after the firing, but he died there during treatment.
As per reports, the incident took place at Rehua Mansoor village on Sunday evening, when the idol of Maa Durga was taken out for immersion. When the procession heading towards Gauriya Ghat was passing in front of a mosque in the Maharajganj area chanting religious slogans, Jihadis gathered near the mosque asked the procession to stop the DJ music.This led to an argument between two sides, and amid the chaos, some people started pelting stones on the procession and the idols.
As per reporters, someone from the residence of Abdul Hamid in the area fired shots. Ram Gopal Mishra, son of Kailash Nath of Rehua Mansoor village was shot from a close range. He was shifted to the Medical College in Bahraich, but he succumbed to injuries during treatment. Another person named Saroj Tiwari also have been hospitalised after he was injured from stone pelting.
Angry with the death of the youth, his family members and others part of the immersion blocked the road by placing the body outside the medical college. Immersions were stopped in the city after the incident, and the idols were placed on the road junction there. The idols have been damaged from stone pelting.
The Hindu protestors allege that Hardi police personnel are responsible for the incident, claiming that the police could have pacify the situation at the beginning but they didn’t. They alleged that instead of taking action on jihadis, the police lathicharged the Hindus for protesting against the attack instead.
Source : Opindia
