At a time when Indians are enraged over the Kolkata rape & murder case, Udaipur is witnessing communal violence in the city. The situation in Udaipur has become so tense that the Rajasthan State Government has scrapped internet services and has imposed section 163 in the city. Not only this but additional forces have been called in the city to maintain law & order in the city. Despite this, Udaipur reportedly witnessed communal violence in the city with thousands of people pelting stones, burning vehicles, and clashing with security officials. Now, the question arises what is the reason behind Udaipur Violence or why Udaipur is burning? Below is the Udaipur Violence Reason-
Why Udaipur is witnessing communal tensions?
The answer is a fight between two class 10 students. Yes! you heard it right. Tension arose due to a fight between two students of a government school on Friday (August 16). People vandalized a shopping mall and pelted stones. Cars parked in a garage were also set on fire. After 7 pm, the police lathicharged and chased away the protesters. After this, the collector imposed Section 163 in the city. The divisional commissioner has issued an order for internet shutdown from 10 pm for the next 24 hours. Despite many efforts of the administration to restore peace, stone pelting took place between the two sides late in the evening.
The incident took place in Surajpol police station area at 10:30 am. Here in Government Higher Secondary School Bhattyani Chauhatta, a student attacked another student with a knife and injured him. After this, the minor accused absconded. The school teacher took the injured student to Maharana Bhupal (MB) Hospital, where he is undergoing treatment.
Both the students involved in the incident belong to different religions. As soon as the matter came to light, Hindu organizations closed shops in Chetak Circle, Hathipol, Ashwini Bazaar, Bapu Bazaar, and Ghantaghar area of the city. After this, the crowd became violent. Collector Arvind Poswal said was quoted saying that the minor student has been taken into custody and his father has been arrested. Police are deployed as a precaution.
District Education Officer Lokesh Bharti was quoted saying that the age of both minors is around 15 years. Both of them study in the same class. There is no information about what dispute happened between the two earlier. When lunch was over, both of them fought outside the school. In this fight, one student injured the other by stabbing him three times in the thigh with a knife. When the injured student started screaming, the teachers came out running.
When the child's family came to know about the incident, they reached MB Hospital. Not only this, people from Hindu organizations reached the hospital and raised slogans expressing anger over the incident. Police force has been deployed in the hospital as well
Principal Isha Dharmawat informed, "..about 5 to 7 minutes after lunch, suddenly some students came running from outside the school shouting. I immediately went outside and was shocked to see the scenes. The student was in an injured state. The staff immediately took him to the hospital by making him sit on my scooter. Both the students are good in studies. Before this, neither did I see nor hear the two fighting in the school. This kind of incident shocked us too."
What did the Udaipur Police say about the stabbing incident?
Udaipur ASP City Umesh Ojha was quoted saying that the police force is deployed in almost all areas of the city. In this, the force from about 15 police stations in the city has been deployed. The additional force has also been deployed from the police line. All police officers are keeping an eye on every activity by staying in the field. Section 163 is being followed. People are appealed to maintain peace.
The SP said that the condition of the injured child is stable and improving. The situation became serious due to excessive bleeding.
On the question of the fight, the SP said that the fight took place due to the conversation between the children. The school student brought a small knife from the scooter and stabbed the student on the thigh. Immediately our team detained the knife attacker and two other people who are suspects have been caught.