Communal clashes marred Friday evening in Vadodara and went on until late in the night as two communities clashed in different parts of the city. While the police downplayed the incident, six tear gas shells were fired with locals claiming that mobs from both communities clashed right after the Maghrib Salat in the area.
The incident began at about 7.30 pm on Friday, in Panigate, when a motorcycle rider, belonging to one community allegedly got into a scuffle with a group of another community. Gadinaseen Haji Dastagir Shaikh from the communally sensitive Juni Gadi area of Panigate in the city said that the argument soon turned into a full-blown communal clash as mobs from both communities began pelting stones.
DELHI POLICE PLANTED CHIP IN MY BODY: TERROR ACCUSED
A local court on 16 July ordered medical checkup of a terror suspect after he accused the Delhi police of having inserted chips in his body. The Delhi police had arrested Abdur Rehman in May 2008 and later transferred him to Lucknow in connection with a separate case after he was acquitted of planning to trigger serial blasts.
Additional sessions judge BL Kesarwani ordered jail authorities to ensure Rehman’s medical check by a surgeon and radiologist. He directed the jail superintendent and senior superintendent of police, Lucknow, to provide adequate safety and security at the time of the checkup.
REMOTE BAKSA TURNS INTO ASSAM’S KILLING FIELDS
As Baksa crawls back to normal life with the arrest of five persons, including a woman, in connection with Friday’s killings, security agencies are worried that the district, one of the newest in the state, is fast becoming Assam’s killing fields. In Guwahati, the state Home department has listed six reasons that make Baksa vulnerable. These include inaccessible jungles, including Manas National Park that is contiguous to Royal Manas National Park of Bhutan on the other side, shortage of police personnel on the ground, and presence of villagers inside forests.
“Baksa is Assam’s new killing fields. There’s hardly a week when you don’t get news of abduction, killing or a person going missing,” said Jamsher Ali, convenor of BTAD Citizens’ Forum. “At least 55 persons have been killed by militants this year, and all of them, barring one, were from the minority community,” added Ali.