Prohibitory orders in MP town after violence during Rajput procession
and raised his four children after his wife passed away when Anu was only two months old. The other three children had dropped out of schools. Anu attributes her success to her father’s encouragement and the support she got from a local parateacher Krishna Kumar Ram.
“Besides my father, Ram Sir played a very important role in my success. He not only persuaded my father to support me but also got me inducted into the local girls’ residential school after passing class five. I owe a lot to him,” pointed out Anu.
She hopes to become a government servant. “I want to become an (administrative) officer.”
Her father said: “She insisted SHAJAPUR/BHOPAL: Tension erupted in Shajapur district after some Muslim youth allegedly pelted stones on a procession being carried out on the occasion of Maharana Pratap birth anniversary on Saturday afternoon, the police said.
About half-a-dozen people received minor injuries while more than 10 vehicles were set on fire and a number of shops were also vandalised, according to the police. Heavy security force was deployed in the area.
The district administration has imposed section 144 of CRPC in the district, prohibiting the assembly of four or more persons.
According to Shajapur superintendent of police Shailendra Singh Chauhan, the procession of Rajput community was passing through Nai Sadak, a Muslim-dominated area, when some people requested t hem to decrease the volume of the music being played in the procession.
“Despite repeated request when the volume was not decreased, some Muslim youth allegedly pelted stones on the procession,” he added.
Police have detained 12 people in connection with the violence. The police are also trying to get CCTV footages and other videos shot by people during the procession. SP Chouhan said the situation was under control.
SIX PEOPLE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES WHILE MORE THAN 10 VEHICLES WERE SET ON FIRE AND A NUMBER OF SHOPS WERE ALSO VANDALISED
on studying against the established norms and now the result is before all to see. I hope, she will scale new heights.”
The para teacher Krishna Kumar Ram said, “It was really difficult to persuade Anu to join the residential school initially. She hated to study like most of the village children. But once she agreed, she put in great efforts.”
Ram further said that the members of this community mostly get their daughters married off at an early age in order to fulfil their social responsibilities and boys like their fathers do petty jobs or mostly remain idle, as a result girls never got an opportunity to complete their schooling.