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  • Jamshedpur violence: 3 more persons including a BJP leader arrested

    Jamshedpur violence: 3 more persons including a BJP leader arrested

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    Jamshedpur: Police arrested three more persons including a BJP leader in connection with the recent outbreak of violence over the reported desecration of a religious flag in Jamshedpur, an officer said on Wednesday.

    Sudhanshu Ojha, the vice president of BJP Jamshedpur Mahanagar committee was arrested by police on Tuesday night.

    With this a total of 70 people including BJP leaders – Abhay Singh and Sudhanshu Ojha – have so far been arrested in connection with Sunday’s violence between two groups belonging to two different communities in Shastrinagar area, the officer said.

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    Meanwhile, lawyers in a local court here on Wednesday resorted to boycott of judicial work to protest the handcuffing of an advocate, who was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the violence in Shastrinagar.

    Chandan Choubey, a practising lawyer in Jamshedpur court, was arrested and handcuffed by police in regard with the violence on Sunday over alleged desecration of a religious flag.

    “We strongly protest the hand-cuffing of Choubey and demanded action against the erring police officers within 12-hour or we will be forced to continue the protest even tomorrow”, said Ajit Ambasta, Head of Ad-hoc committee of Jamshedpur Bar Association.

    “We will be meeting the Deputy Commissioner and apprise her about the treatment meted out to Choubey,” he said

    The lawyers also staged a demonstration in the court premises and raised slogans against the administration.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • ‘Chicken not beef..’: Jamshedpur police clarify meat was not hung on Hindu flag

    ‘Chicken not beef..’: Jamshedpur police clarify meat was not hung on Hindu flag

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    Following a communal clash between Hindus and Muslims after the alleged desecration of a religious flag set up during Ram Navami, a senior police official from east Singhbhum, Vijay Shankar, rubbished false claims that it was chicken not beef which was hung on a rope between an electricity and flag pole.

    Religious Hindus had protested and threatened the police to take action against the alleged perpetrators within 24 hours, visuals of which also surfaced.

    Following misinformation that was spread in Jamshedpur, communal clashes broke out between the two communities with reports of alleged stone pelting.

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    Visuals of the burning down of at least half a dozen of small shops and vehicles, all belonging to Muslims, by a mob shouting slogans of Jai Shree Ram also surfaced.

    In a statement released by the police, rubbishing the allegation, the official stressed that every piece of meat found cannot be of that prohibited.

    The police officer stated that was a practice for meat shops to hang at a safe distance from the ground waste chicken meat to ensure that dogs do not spread it across.

    Muslim organisations in the city have appealed to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren for strict action against the perpetrators, failing which they will come to the streets to protest.

    The situation turned violent on Sunday evening when a shop was gutted leading to brick-batting from both sides injuring six people. A mob also set on fire an autorickshaw, forcing the police to fire tear gas shells. DIG (Kolhan) Ajay Linda said that the shops and the auto-rickshaw were set ablaze by local miscreants.

    So far, 59 people have been arrested in the case after an FIR was filed late on Monday.



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  • Jamshedpur violence: FIR against man for ‘objectionable’ post on social media

    Jamshedpur violence: FIR against man for ‘objectionable’ post on social media

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    Jamshedpur: An FIR has been registered against a person for allegedly posting objectionable message on social media against a particular community during the recent outbreak of violence over the reported desecration of a religious flag in Jamshedpur, officials said.

    The case was registered on the directive of East Singhbhum District Deputy Commissioner Vijaya Jadhav, they said.

    ” The police detected such a message posted on the Facebook account of the accused, who targeted a particular religion and community,” an official statement said.

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    The accused person has been absconding and search is underway to trace him, police said.

    “The district administration has been keeping a vigil on social media while urging people not to post/share any sensitive video, photo or messages on social media,” the statement said.

    A total of 67 people have so far been arrested in connection with Sunday’s violence between two groups belonging to two different communities in Shastrinagar area, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Traffic), Kamal Kishore told PTI.

    BJP leader Abhay Singh was among those arrested, police had said on Monday.

    Meanwhile, the Jharkhand unit of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday demanded a high-level probe into the incident and stringent action against the perpetrators.

    The demand was made after a delegation of the VHP led by its secretary Virendra Sahu met Jharkhand Governor C P Radhakrishnan in Ranchi, the organisaton said in a release.

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  • Internet suspended in Jamshedpur after clash between Hindus, Muslims

    Internet suspended in Jamshedpur after clash between Hindus, Muslims

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    Jamshedpur: Following a communal clash between Hindus and Muslims after an alleged desecration of a saffron flag, the internet was suspended in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur.

    Soon after the violence in the Shastri Nagar area of Kadma police station area, Section 144 was imposed. Around 60 people have been reportedly been detained.

    According to reports, a religious flag was tied to the pole of a street light near a temple in the area on the occasion of Ram Navami. Some miscreants hung meat pieces on the same rope which was used for the flag.

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    The following day, members of the Hindu community held a protest on the matter and demanded police take action against the accused within 24 hours.

    Sources said that a meeting of the temple committee was being held at around 6 p.m. on Sunday to discuss the incident, when at least 100 people, most of whom had their faces covered, reached the spot and started pelting stones at the committee members.

    Following this, there was heavy stone pelting from both sides and half a dozen small shops and two-wheelers were set on fire.

    The police had to fire in the air to pacify the aggressors. Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel fired six rounds of tear gas shells at the miscreants to disperse them.

    Currently, the situation is tense but under control.

    Muslim organisations appeal to CM

    Various Muslim organisations in the city have appealed to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren for strict action against the perpetrators, failing which they will come to the streets to protest.

    “We are hopeful to CM Soren will bring peace and harmony to the region. We are still recovering from riots that took place in Bihar Sharif during the Ram Navami festival on March 30 and now this. We are disappointed by the police’s lack of timely action and instead encouraging the rioters who vandalised our mosques and torched nearby vehicles,” said one of the representatives of Muslim organisations.

    “If the rioters are not punished as per the law, we will not hesitate to protest,” he said.

    (With IANS inputs)



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  • Clash in Jamshedpur over desecration’ of religious flag; Section 144 clamped

    Clash in Jamshedpur over desecration’ of religious flag; Section 144 clamped

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    Jamshedpur: Alleged desecration of a religious flag led to brick-batting between two groups and arson at Shastrinagar in Jamshedpur, prompting the authorities to impose Prohibitory Orders under Section 144 of CrPC in the locality on Sunday evening, an official said.

    While six people were injured in stone-throwing, two shops and an auto-rickshaw were set ablaze by the warring groups and the police fired tear gas shells to disperse the mob, he said.

    An adequate police force has been deployed in Shastrinagar under Kadma police station in Jharkhand to maintain law and order.

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    “Prohibitory Orders under Section 144 of CrPC were clamped in the area,” said Sub-Divisional Officer (Dhalbhum), Piyush Sinha.

    Tension has been brewing in the area since Saturday night when members of a local organisation found that a piece of meat was tagged to a Ram Navami flag, police said.

    Several such organisations protested and demanded that the police arrest the culprits within 24 hours.

    The situation turned violent on Sunday evening when a shop was gutted leading to brick-batting from both sides injuring six people.

    A mob also set on fire an autorickshaw, forcing the police to fire tear gas shells.

    DIG (Kolhan) Ajay Linda said that the shops and the auto-rickshaw were set ablaze by local miscreants.

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  • Jamshedpur: Ram Navami immersion passes peacefully, ‘bandh’ call lifted

    Jamshedpur: Ram Navami immersion passes peacefully, ‘bandh’ call lifted

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    Jamshedpur: After discussions with state government officials, the Central Ramanavami Akhara Committee (CRAC) on Friday said it has withdrawn its call for a Jamshedpur ‘bandh’ and agreed to immerse its Ram Navami flags along with other akharas (religious groups).

    Earlier, CRAC which is headed by a local BJP leader, had decided not to take out Ramanavami procession to protest seizure of truck with a music system and trailer which belonged to Sri Bal Mandir.

    CRAC supported by a few more religious oraganisations had staged dharna on the industrial city’s roads including in Jugsalai in support their demands and raised anti-administration slogans as well as announced a dusk to dawn shut down of Jamshedpur city on Saturday.

    However, at a meeting held in the presence of Deputy Commissioner Vijaya Jadhav, Senior Superintendent of Police Prabhat Kumar, BJP MP Bidyut Baran Mahato and CRAC Patron and local BJP leader Abhay Singh and others in district collectorate late in the evening of Friday, the matter was resolved and CRAC agreed to take out the procession tonight.

    Briefing newsmen after the meeting, Mahato said the issue has been settled amicably and Ramnavami procession will be taken out tonight.

    Mahato attributed that the misunderstanding was caused because of “confusion and miscommunication”.

    CRAC’s Abhay Singh confirmed that procession will be taken out tonight and tomorrow’s bandh called off.

    Earlier, security was tightened in the steel city on Friday ahead of Ramanavami processions being taken out especially in sensitive and super sensitive areas.

    Areas like Mango, Hanuman Mandir, Munshi Mohalla masjid, Daiguttu and Shastri Nagar are considered super sensitive, while Kharangajhar, Telco, Dhatkidih and Sakchi are sensitive areas.

    The district administration had set up temporary CCTV and night vision cameras in these areas to keep a vigil on mischief makers, an official statement said.

    Besides drones were also deployed for surveillance of the processions.

    The police also staged flag marches in the city on Thursday and deployed rapid action force to ensure peaceful conduct of Ramanavami processions.

    Jamshedpur has a long history of riots and clashes on Ram navami.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Protests in Jamshedpur after ‘love jihad’ case surfaces

    Protests in Jamshedpur after ‘love jihad’ case surfaces

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    Love jihad accused absconding, reward announced for his arrest

    Jamshedpur: Protests were staged in the Kadma area of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand after an alleged case of ‘love jihad’ came to light on Thursday.

    The demonstrators, also comprising Hindu outfits, sought “justice” for a 14-year-old minor Hindu girl who lodged a complaint against a Muslim man identified as Shabbir Khan.

    The protesters who gathered outside the Kadma police station sought “strict action” against Khan.

    The police have registered an FIR in the matter and have assured action.

    The minor alleged that she had befriended Khan near her school a month ago, who had identified himself as ‘Sameer’.

    Later, when their friendship eventually blossommed into a relationship and they got closer, Sameer, aged around 20, clicked several private pictures with her.

    Things went wrong when she came to know that Sameer had concealed his real identity, and that he is a Muslim youth named Shabbir Khan.

    She alleged that Khan also put pressure on her to marry him and when she refused, he threatened to make her private pictures and videos public.

    The girl also claimed that Khan wanted her to adopt Islam.

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