Junagadh: One person was killed and 174 others were detained after police resort to lathia charge Muslims for protesting against eviction notice to a mosque in Gujarat’s Junagadh.
The protest on Friday night reportedly erupted in connection to an eviction notice served by the Junagadh Municipal Corporation to a local mosque, demanding for document submission within five days, IANS reported.
The notice was in relation to “illegal construction” allegations made against the mosque.
Five days later, a team from the Municipal Corporation arrived at the site to issue a demolition notice on Friday evening, a crowd of approximately 500 to 600 people gathered in opposition, the report said.
Junagadh Superintendent of Police, Ravi Teja Vasamsetty stated that the situation escalated at around 10.15 pm when the crowd began pelting stones at the police and set several vehicles ablaze. Police later resorted to lathi charge.
“Police personnel got injured in this incident. A total of 174 people have been rounded up. A civilian has died prima facie due to stone pelting but it will be clear after the post-mortem report. Further investigation underway,” said Vasamsetty.
