Udaipur: Protests and Inter-communal tensions It erupted on Friday Udaipur Following the stabbing of a male student by a member of a different religion, market There was rock throwing, vehicle burning and riots at shopping malls.
A Class 10 student from Bhatiyani Chauhatta Government High School in Girwa district stabbed his classmate with a knife over an old grudge around 10.30 a.m. District Education Officer Lokesh Bharti said both the minors were around 15 years old.
The reason for the fight between the two is unclear. The attack happened during an argument outside the school after lunch, when one man stabbed the other two in the thigh two or three times with a knife, Bharti added. Police said the assailant was detained and the father was arrested.
The injured students are in the intensive care unit of a city hospital and stables, Collector Arvind Poswal said, promising a “thorough investigation” into the attack. Late on Friday night, local authorities suspended mobile internet in the city for 24 hours to check rumour-spreading and inflammatory messages.
As the school rushed the injured students to hospital, their families arrived, followed by members of religious groups who began shouting slogans. As the protests grew, more police were deployed to the hospital.
Protests erupted in other parts of the city in the late afternoon as news of the stabbing spread. More than a dozen vehicles were set on fire.
Troops deployed throughout the city to quell unrest
Most of the markets in the Old City remained closed. Many organisations from the injured boys’ communities closed shops in different areas. The situation gradually escalated into violence.
Anne Enraged mob Shops and a shopping mall in the Chetak Circle area were destroyed.
Fire brigade They rushed to the scene to put out the fire in the vehicle.
Poswal then invoked special provisions of Section 163 of the Indian National Security Act, which gives local authorities the power to crack down on activities deemed nuisances or dangerous to maintain law and order. Udaipur Governor Umesh Ojha said more forces had been deployed in most areas of the city to prevent further unrest.
A Class 10 student from Bhatiyani Chauhatta Government High School in Girwa district stabbed his classmate with a knife over an old grudge around 10.30 a.m. District Education Officer Lokesh Bharti said both the minors were around 15 years old.
The reason for the fight between the two is unclear. The attack happened during an argument outside the school after lunch, when one man stabbed the other two in the thigh two or three times with a knife, Bharti added. Police said the assailant was detained and the father was arrested.
The injured students are in the intensive care unit of a city hospital and stables, Collector Arvind Poswal said, promising a “thorough investigation” into the attack. Late on Friday night, local authorities suspended mobile internet in the city for 24 hours to check rumour-spreading and inflammatory messages.
As the school rushed the injured students to hospital, their families arrived, followed by members of religious groups who began shouting slogans. As the protests grew, more police were deployed to the hospital.
Protests erupted in other parts of the city in the late afternoon as news of the stabbing spread. More than a dozen vehicles were set on fire.
Troops deployed throughout the city to quell unrest
Most of the markets in the Old City remained closed. Many organisations from the injured boys’ communities closed shops in different areas. The situation gradually escalated into violence.
Anne Enraged mob Shops and a shopping mall in the Chetak Circle area were destroyed.
Fire brigade They rushed to the scene to put out the fire in the vehicle.
Poswal then invoked special provisions of Section 163 of the Indian National Security Act, which gives local authorities the power to crack down on activities deemed nuisances or dangerous to maintain law and order. Udaipur Governor Umesh Ojha said more forces had been deployed in most areas of the city to prevent further unrest.
