Uttarakhand: Man fatally stabbed in clash between two groups in Khatima; situation tense
Khatima (PTI): Protests broke out after a man was fatally stabbed during a clash between two groups at a bus station complex in Uttarakhand's Udham Singh Nagar district, police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred on Friday night when an argument between two groups escalated into a violent clash in which 23-year-old Tushar Sharma was stabbed to death, police said.
Two others, who were seriously injured in the clash, were referred to a higher medical centre, they added.
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After the clash, a group led by the Bajrang Dal set fire to a shop belonging to the accused and staged protests on the streets, forcing the closure of markets in Khatima, police said.
Seeing the situation getting out of control, police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the protesters sitting on the road, further escalating tension in the town.
Himanshu, the district convener of Bajrang Dal, threatened to intensify the protest if the accused are not arrested soon.
Additional police force has been deployed in the sensitive areas of the town to maintain law and order, police said.
Khatima Circle Officer Vimal Kumar said police have identified the accused persons who will be arrested soon.
The law and order situation in the town is under control, and strict action will be taken against those attempting to spread anarchy, the officer said.
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Mamata blames EC for 'failing to protect' judicial officers gheraoed over voter name deletion
Sagardighi (WB) (PTI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday blamed the Election Commission for "failing to protect" judicial officers engaged in the SIR exercise in West Bengal's Malda district.
Seven judicial officers engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) were rescued by security forces after protesters gheraoed them for several hours on Wednesday over the deletion of names from the electoral rolls.
"I condemn the Election Commission for failing to protect the judicial officers," Banerjee said, addressing an election rally here in Murshidabad district.
Claiming that the EC posted its own officers in civil and police administration after announcement of assembly polls in the state, Banerjee accused the poll body of having "totally failed to control law and order".
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Several officers, including the state's chief secretary, home secretary and director general of police (DGP), were replaced in West Bengal soon after the assembly polls were announced by the Election Commission.
"All my powers have been taken away, I have never seen such an Election Commission," the chief minister said.
Banerjee claimed that the BJP's game plan is to get the assembly polls cancelled in Bengal and to get President's Rule imposed.
"There are communal people in the BJP, and some communal people have also entered your ranks," Banerjee said, addressing the rally.
She claimed that such people flew in from Hyderabad with money from the BJP and are trying to divide the Muslim votes in the state.
