Tension in MP over death of man whose daughter eloped
SAGAR (MP): Communal tension gripped Prithvipur town in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday following the death of a man, whose daughter alleged that a Muslim man, with whom she had eloped sometime ago, was behind her father’s death, police said.
There was arson and rioting and policemen were targeted by a mob.
Police had to baton charge the mob to bring the situation under control. Over 50 persons have been booked, police said. The incident comes within a day of communal tension in Shajapur.
Police said Maniram Kushwaha, 46, was found hanging from a tree near his house, but his daughter and locals alleged that he had been killed by Saif Khan, 24, and his family. Locals set fire to Khan’s shop, house and car and also beat up an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police and two other police personnel who tried to intervene in the matter, police said.
A heavy police force has been deployed in the area.
Tikamgarh collector Abhijeet Agrawal said, “Maniram Kushwaha’s daughter eloped with Saif Khan, son of Karim Khan, two months ago and married him. But Saif abandoned her. Maniram was unhappy with this. On Sunday morning, he was found hanging from a tree. Maniram’s daughter and local residents alleged that he was killed by Saif and his family, which resulted in an angry mob torching Saif’s house, shop and car.”
Saif and his family managed to save themselves by fleeing from their home.
Police said when ASI Nathuram Kaul and other police personnel reached the spot to control the mob, they too were beaten up by the enraged residents. The angry crowd also staged a demonstration by placing Maniram’s body on the road.
Superintendent of police (SP) Kumar Prateek said, “The situation is under control. The body has been sent for postmortem. We are investigating the matter and a case against Saif Khan and his family would be registered only after the probe.”
CLASH IN GUJARAT
VADODARA: Police lobbed teargas shells and resorted to a baton charge to disperse members of two communities who clashed during a procession to mark the birth anniversary of Maharana Pratap in Vadodara on Saturday night, a police official said.
He said the procession was taken out by the Karni Sena — a Rajput organisation.
An investigation is on into the incident, the official said adding that a case of rioting, unlawful assembly, mischief, voluntarily causing hurt and criminal conspiracy under the IPC has been registered against nearly 200 people belonging to both communities, he added.