Udaipur Beheading: Cop Attacked With Sword
- 30-Jun-2022
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Mob Prevented From Advancing Towards Mosque
Jaipur: A police constable was attacked with a sword and stones thrown at a police party by a mob in the Bhim town of Rajsamand district in Rajasthan when police lobbed teargas shells to prevent them from marching towards a mosque on Tuesday.
Police said protests also happened in Dungarpur, and markets remained closed in parts of Pali, Jalore, Sikar, and Sriganganagar districts, where agitators chanted Hanuman Chalisa at the sub-divisional magistrate’s office.
SHO Bhim Gajendra Singh said the situation was brought under control by lobbing teargas shells. Meanwhile, markets remained closed in Dungarpur where a group of agitated youths came out in support of Nupur Sharma who was recently suspended as a BJP spokesperson for her alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed during a TV debate.
The attack on the tailor is also being linked to this episode as the two men had indirectly referred to Sharma in their video. In Rajsamand, members of Hindu groups organied a protest outside Nagar Parishad office. Markets were also closed also in Sojat (Pali), Bhinmal and Sanchore (Jalore) and Reodar (Sikar) in protest against the incident.
