Curfew in Jaipur after 1 dies in policemob clashes
24yearold was running an errand for his ailing mother, now family is waiting to get his body;mobile internet services suspended till Sunday
JAIPUR: Curfew was imposed in areas inside Jaipur’s Walled City on Saturday after one person died in police firing and several cops were injured following violent clashes between locals and the police in Ramganj area on Friday night.
Protesters had allegedly torched an ambulance and damaged a police patrolling vehicle besides carrying out stone-pelting. As a preventive measure, mobile internet services were suspended in all areas falling under the Jaipur police commissionerate till Sunday midnight and bulk SMS services and other forms of social media.
According to locals, the dispute started when the police were driving away carts and street vendors and accidentally hit a couple, who were passing by the area on a bike, with a baton.
The incident resulted in an altercation between locals and the police following which a large group of people went to the local Ramganj police station.
When they started pelting stones, police resorted to lathicharge and firing, leading to a man’s death identified as Mohammed Rais alias Aadil.
“The entire violence took place within 40 min after which the situation was brought under control.
We have deployed extra force along with eight companies of the Rajasthan Armed Constabulary (RAC),” said additional director general of police, law and order, NRK Reddy. Curfew was imposed in the City. “One person has died of bullet injuries during
the violence and several cops were injured. The injured cops were admitted at the SMS Hospital,” said Reddy. DC of police, north, Satyendra Singh admitted that the police had opened fire.Five FIRs were lodged after the violence, said officials.