A clash took place between two communities following which authorities imposed curfew in two areas of the city even as nearly 50 people were arrested in connection with the incident, police said today.
Trouble began in Kotwali area here when a man was allegedly attacked with weapons by three persons of another community in a market on Friday night, they said.
The incident led to a stampede in the market and triggered rumours that led to the clash and stone-pelting between the two communities. In the attack, a 25-year-old MBA student, identified as Narendra Rajoria, suffered injuries and died during treatment in Indore yesterday, police said.
In view of the tension, curfew was imposed in Kari-Bawdi and Malli Mohalla localities yesterday. Also, about 50 people were arrested and around eight petrol bombs seized during searches so far, district Superintendent of Police Shashikant Shukla told PTI.
Heavy police force has been deployed in the troubled areas, he said.
Police from neighbouring Ujjain district and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel are manning the streets. The situation in under control, the SP said.
Curfew will be relaxed between 1 PM and 3 PM today during which people, including women, and children below 15-years of age, will be allowed to move out of their houses, District Collector Ashutosh Awasthi said.
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Meanwhile, opposition parties have demanded that state
administration immediately stop its projects in Bhangor and look after the interests of farmers.
"It was TMC then in opposition who had opposed Nandigram and Singur. But now they themselves are using brute force to acquire land. We condemn this. The police action in Bhangor should immediately stop," CPI(M) Politburo member Mohammed Salim said.
He said administration should immediately have discussion with the locals.
BJP too condemned the police action and said it should immediately stop.
"The police action should immediately stop there. Why is the state government so intolerant and arrogant that it can't talk to the locals ? We will visit the place soon," BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha said.
