Nine persons were arrested for allegedly pelting stones during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in Guna city, Madhya Pradesh, officials stated this on Sunday.
The incident occurred at around 7.45 pm on Saturday near a mosque in Colonelganj area when members of two communities came face-to-face, prompting the authorities to rush to the spot to control the situation, they said. The situation was under control now.
"Eight-nine persons from among those involved in the stone-pelting have been taken into custody. They will be charged on the basis of videos and CCTV footage of the incident. More persons are being identified," Additional Superintendent of Police Man Singh Thakur said.
The police were looking for the other accused and they would be held soon, he said.
The incident took place when the procession was passing in front of a mosque. Guna Collector Kishore Kanyal said there was some communication gap that caused the two groups came face-to-face, resulting in stone-pelting.
No prior permission was taken for the procession in that area, he said.
However, Ranjeet Khatik, one of the organisers of the procession, said, "The administration is saying that there was no permission but I have all the proofs of the permission." Stones were pelted when some boys raised slogans of 'Jai Shri Ram', while the other group, in retaliation, raised 'Allahhu Akbar' slogan, he claimed.
Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Sinha said we received the information that members of two communities came face-to-face and started pelting stones at a procession at around 7.45 pm on Saturday.
The Tekri Dham police rushed to the spot immediately.
He further said on the complaint of a local corporator, a case had been registered in which four-five persons have been named while 15-20 others are unidentified.
Security forces from neighbouring districts have been deployed here, he said. He said police personnel from three districts arrived and they were deployed in different areas.
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