38 people arrested for violent protest in Udaipur: Rajasthan min

Thirty-eight people have been arrested in connection with a violent protest that broke out in Peeladar village of Udaipur, Rajasthan Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal informed the House on Tuesday.

Dissatisfied with the investigation into a murder case, Patel community members pelted stones, torched vehicles and blocked a road in Udaipur on Monday, injuring several police personnel, including a woman constable.

Dhariwal was responding to allegations made by Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria about laxity on the part of police in dealing with the murder case.

During the Zero Hour, Kataria claimed that no senior policeman or district administration official went to the village to diffuse the tension that was building among the family members and relatives of Ramesh Patel, who was abducted and found murdered last week.

He said the incident occurred due to intelligence failure.

Dhariwal, however, denied the allegations and said, "Thirty-eight people have been arrested in connection with the incident. Police have already arrested two murder accused who have confessed to have committed the crime. But the family members of the deceased wanted some others to be named as accused and their arrest, but this is a matter of investigation and if anyone else is involved in the case will be arrested."