Prohibitory orders in parts of Jaipur after communal tension

Prohibitory orders have been imposed in 10 police station areas here for five days after violence broke out and communal tension prevailed while 15 people have been arrested, a top police official said on Wednesday.

Mobile Internet services have already been suspended and ample security forces have been deployed in view of Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan festival.

"A total of 15 people have been arrested so far and additional police forces have been deployed in areas where tension is prevailing. Section 144 (prohibitory orders) has been imposed in 10 police station areas for five days from today," Rajasthan DGP Bhupendra Singh told reporters here.

Twenty-four people, including nine policemen, were injured when members of two communities pelted stones at each other in Jaipur.

The violence on Monday night broke out after members of the minority community blocked the Delhi highway in front of an Eidgah near Galta Gate and pelted stones on a Haridwar-bound bus, leaving some passengers injured.

Singh said, "Five separate cases have been registered in the incidents reported in the last three days and a total of 15 people have been arrested. Arrest of more miscreants will be done soon."