Citizens for Justice and Peace
Day after violence, tension in U.P. town
27-Jul-2015
LUCKNOW, July 27, 2015 Two dead in police firing as crowd went on rampage over girl’s self-immolation Tension prevailed in Binwar town area in Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh following Saturday’s violence in which two persons were killed in police firing. The violence was a sequel to an incident of eve-teasing in which a 17-year-old…
Tension in UP after youth burns ‘sacred’ chadar
27-Jul-2015
RAMPUR: Tension gripped Swar in the district after a mentally-challenged youth allegedly burnt a ‘sacred’ chadar (cloth) at a religious place even as the situation is under control now, the police said on Sunday. The youth allegedly put on fire the chadar in Swar Tehsil town late on Saturday, SP Sadhna Goswami said. Passersby observed…
Curfew imposed: ‘Rumours’ spark communal clashes in Jamshedpur
24-Jul-2015
A police officer said curfew and prohibitory orders were imposed and it helped in preventing the loss of lives. Almost 35 years after it witnessed a communal riot in 1979, Jamshedpur is reliving the horror of a communal flare up, yet again. For the past four days several areas in the heart of the town…
Jamshedpur tense after communal flare-up Special Correspondent
23-Jul-2015
Kolkata, July 23, 2015 Communal violence has been reported from Jamshedpur over the last 72 hours following an incident of “teasing of girls.” Members of the two communities attacked each other with sticks and pelted stones at each other in the north, west and eastern parts of Jameshedpur, famously known as Steel City. Senior Superintendent…
Curfew imposed in Jamshedpur after clashes
22-Jul-2015
Ranchi, July 22, 2015, IANS: A curfew has been imposed in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur city, the home town of Chief Minister Raghubar Das, after two communities clashed over the alleged harassment of a girl, police said on Wednesday. The curfew was imposed on Tuesday night. Trouble started on Monday evening when a girl of one community…
FEARS COMING TRUE? – Communal Violence Up 25% In 2015
21-Jul-2015
Jul 21 2015 : The Economic Times (Mumbai) New Delhi:287 incidents reported from Jan-May this year over 232 in the same period last year India has seen a near 25% increase in incidents of communal violence in the first five months of 2015 under the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, compared to…
Marathi family attacked for cooking non-veg
18-Jul-2015
A Marathi theatre producer has filed a police complaint against several residents of the Dahisar society he lives in, saying they attacked his flat late on Thursday and manhandled his family over cooking and eating nonvegetarian food. This comes days after another Maharashtrian was denied a flat in Malad on the grounds that he was…
Curfew in Maharashtra town after clash over eve-teasing
16-Jul-2015
Maharashtra’s Washim district is under curfew since Tuesday when a 32-year-old man was killed and over a dozen injured when two groups clashed over the alleged molestation of a minor girl. Amid the watchful eyes of a large number of policemen, the deceased Babu alias Sajauddin was buried on Wednesday. Earlier on Tuesday afternoon, the…
A day after riots, fear and threat loom large in Harsul
16-Jul-2015
A day after riot, arson, stone pelting by adivasis and firing by police in Harsul, the situation continued to be tense on Wednesday, with looting and shop breaking increasing to the hilt. More than 35 cops were injured and police had opened a round of firing to disperse the mob in which one person was…
Violence erupts in Bhavnagar: Four policemen hurt, 31 people arrested
12-Jul-2015
Mob of over 3,000 people pelt stones at policemen; situation in control now dna correspondent @dnaahmedabad Bhavnagar: Violence broke out on the streets of Sandhiyavad area in Bhavnagar city on Friday night when a mob of 3,000 people attacked patrolling policemen and pelted stones at them. Seven policemen were injured in the attack and 31…