Citizens for Justice and Peace
Violence ahead of Eid in Ahd, crude bombs hurled at police
06-Oct-2014
TIMES NEWS NETWORK An angry mob pelted stones on a police team that was enquiring into a cow rustling incident in Shahpur area of Ahmedabad on Sunday -a day before Eid ul-Azha. More than 200 cops along with a company each of the SRPF and Rapid Action Force were rushed to the site. This was…
Cops rescue 62 cows in Godhra; man arrested
06-Oct-2014
Vadodara: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Godhra police rescued 62 cows from a farm in Wanankpur and arrested a man on Saturday. The man identified as Irfan Guniya was fleeing from the spot after he was spotted by the police. The cows that were to be traded to slaughter houses were rescued after police received a tip-off.…
Violence flares up again in Shahpur
06-Oct-2014
Rioters Throw Stones, Crude Bombs; Police Fire 60 Teargas Shells To Disperse Mob Police had to fire more than 60 teargas shells at Shahpur Adda in the city on Sunday to control rioters who were throwing crude bombs amid heavy stone pelting. Officials said the situation was brought under control by 9 pm and additional…
4 youth found murdered in Muzaffarnagar
06-Oct-2014
Tension prevailed in Muzaffarnagar after four young men were killed in the intervening night of SaturdaySunday. While one body was found in Kutba, three were found in Bahadurpur. SP Shravan Kumar said police was investigating the cases. All four bodies were found naked. Two young men in Bahadurpur village were killed while on their way…
Death of youth escalates tension in communally sensitive old Ahmedabad
06-Oct-2014
Express News Service | Ahmedabad | Posted: October 6, 2014 4:07 pm A day after violent clash between police and local residents in the communally sensitive Shahpur locality in Ahmedabad, the death of a 22-year-old youth has escalated tension in the area on Monday. The youngster had reportedly sustained bullet injuries during the clash and…
7 dead during Durga visarjan, clashes in UP
05-Oct-2014
Clashes in over half-a-dozen districts besides tragedy during immersion of Durga and other idols claimed seven lives while leaving about 50 others injured during last 24 hours. In several places, clashes also took communal colour but timely response by the cops averted incidents from taking ugly turn. In Siddharthnagar, four persons, including three minors, were…
Palitana tense after mob clashes with police
01-Oct-2014
Tension mounted in the temple town of Palitana on Tuesday afternoon after the detention of two youths by the police triggered angry protests by a community. The youths were detained after they started arguing with policemen who had asked them to take away their bike which was obstructing traffic on the main road in the…
Over 90 arrested for rioting
01-Oct-2014
No Communal Clashes In Last 48 Hours, Police On Guard After being on the edge for four days, the city witnessed some peace in the last 48 hours. No communal clashes and stone pelting were reported from the walled city on Monday and Tuesday . The police have now begun arresting persons involved in the…
Dispute over Rs 50 sets off UP communal riot
30-Sep-2014
Five people were injured after a dispute between two people of different communities over Rs 50 flared up into a communal clash at Durveshpur village, 25 km from Meerut city late Sunday. Stones were pelted and shots fired in the melee, and a police vehicle was damaged. It was reported that the fight started after…
Security tightened after fresh clashes in Vadodara
29-Sep-2014
Communal clashes erupted at Kotiyarknagar near Panigate in Vadodara on Sunday, forcing the police to open fire in air. Teargas shells were lobbed to disperse the mobs that gathered after a man was stabbed on Waghodia Road on Sunday afternoon. Another person was stabbed in Champaner Gate even as the city police struggled to maintain…