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NEW DELHI: At least 16 people, including four policemen, were injured in violent clashes between two communities at Jalori gate area of Jodhpur late on Monday night.
Problem started when members of minority community put up a flag on a roundabout alongside the statue of freedom fighter Balmukund Bissa. This led to a confrontation as some people alleged that a saffron flag which they had put up at the same roundabout ahead of Parshuram Jayanti, had gone missing.
The issue soon snowballed and the two groups indulged in stone pelting and clashes.
Here are the latest developments:
Curfew imposed in 10 police stations area in Jodhpur
Curfew was imposed in 10 police stations of Jodhpur city on Tuesday after communal tension broke out. Udai Mandir, Nagori Gate, Khanda Phalsa, Pratap Nagar, Dev Nagar, Soor Sagar and Sardarpura are among the police stations limits where the curfew has been imposed until May 4 midnight, according to the police control room.
CM Ashok Gehlot chairs high-level meeting
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot chaired a high-level review meeting in this connection and gave necessary directions. Gehlot directed the minister of state for home Rajendra Yadav, minister in-charge for Jodhpur Subhash Garg, additional chief secretary home Abhay Kumar and Additional DG (Law and Order) Hawa Singh Ghumaria to travel to Jodhpur by helicopter.
Internet services suspended
Jodhpur district administration temporarily suspended internet services in the district on Tuesday as a precautionary measure. According to an order issued by Jodhpur Divisional Commissioner Himanshu Gupta all internet services have been suspended in Jodhpur beginning from 1 am today.
All 2G/3G/4G/ Data (Mobile Internet), bulk SMS/MMS/Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter and other social media services through Internet service providers (except voice calls, broadband Internet, leased lines have been temporarily suspended till further orders in the entire Jodhpur district, read the order.
CM appeals for calm in ‘Jodhpur’s tradition of love, brotherhood’
Calling the Jodhpur clashes between two groups “unfortunate”, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot instructed the district administration to maintain law and order situation at all costs while also appealing to the people to maintain peace and harmony.
“It is an unfortunate incident that a tense atmosphere has prevailed due to the clashes between the two groups at Jalori gate in Jodhpur. The administration has been instructed to maintain peace and order at all costs,” the chief minister tweeted.
He further called upon the people to help in maintaining the law and order situation in line with the “Jodhpur’s tradition of love and brotherhood”.
Problem started when members of minority community put up a flag on a roundabout alongside the statue of freedom fighter Balmukund Bissa. This led to a confrontation as some people alleged that a saffron flag which they had put up at the same roundabout ahead of Parshuram Jayanti, had gone missing.
The issue soon snowballed and the two groups indulged in stone pelting and clashes.
Here are the latest developments:
Curfew imposed in 10 police stations area in Jodhpur
Curfew was imposed in 10 police stations of Jodhpur city on Tuesday after communal tension broke out. Udai Mandir, Nagori Gate, Khanda Phalsa, Pratap Nagar, Dev Nagar, Soor Sagar and Sardarpura are among the police stations limits where the curfew has been imposed until May 4 midnight, according to the police control room.
CM Ashok Gehlot chairs high-level meeting
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot chaired a high-level review meeting in this connection and gave necessary directions. Gehlot directed the minister of state for home Rajendra Yadav, minister in-charge for Jodhpur Subhash Garg, additional chief secretary home Abhay Kumar and Additional DG (Law and Order) Hawa Singh Ghumaria to travel to Jodhpur by helicopter.
Internet services suspended
Jodhpur district administration temporarily suspended internet services in the district on Tuesday as a precautionary measure. According to an order issued by Jodhpur Divisional Commissioner Himanshu Gupta all internet services have been suspended in Jodhpur beginning from 1 am today.
All 2G/3G/4G/ Data (Mobile Internet), bulk SMS/MMS/Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter and other social media services through Internet service providers (except voice calls, broadband Internet, leased lines have been temporarily suspended till further orders in the entire Jodhpur district, read the order.
CM appeals for calm in ‘Jodhpur’s tradition of love, brotherhood’
Calling the Jodhpur clashes between two groups “unfortunate”, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot instructed the district administration to maintain law and order situation at all costs while also appealing to the people to maintain peace and harmony.
“It is an unfortunate incident that a tense atmosphere has prevailed due to the clashes between the two groups at Jalori gate in Jodhpur. The administration has been instructed to maintain peace and order at all costs,” the chief minister tweeted.
He further called upon the people to help in maintaining the law and order situation in line with the “Jodhpur’s tradition of love and brotherhood”.
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