Clashes broke out between members of two caste teams on Thursday after a statue of former Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was allegedly vandalised in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district, PTI reported.
The incident passed off in Makdone, situated about 50 kms from Ujjain metropolis.
Members of the Patidar group, a part of the Different Backward Lessons, wished to put in a statue of Patel, a Patidar icon, at a bus terminal within the space, in line with NDTV. Nevertheless, the Dalit group residing within the space had been pushing for a statue of BR Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Structure and an anti-caste chief, to be put in on the terminal.
Whereas the native panchayat was deliberating the problem, some unidentified individual allegedly positioned Patel’s statue on the spot on Wednesday night time.
On Thursday morning, members of a neighborhood Dalit organisation allegedly used tractors to take away the statue, triggering clashes.
“A state of affairs of stone pelting arose over this incident,” The Indian Categorical quoted Sachin Sharma, the superintendent of police (Ujjain), as saying. “The police forces have managed to convey peace within the space. The markets have opened and the site visitors is regular. The police are at the moment conducting flag marches and space domination workouts.”
Sharma additionally said that six individuals have been being questioned in reference to the incident, together with one whose tractor was seen in a video shared on social media.
“We’ll take the strictest doable motion in opposition to those that take regulation into their very own arms,” the police official stated.
