Attack on Durga procession in Nizamabad district

Police opens fire in air as violence flares up

The District bandh organized by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other organizations of the Sangh Parivar on Friday sparked off communal clashes in the air in Nizamabad and Bodhan towns to disperse warring groups.

More than 25 persons injured in the clashes and the police took 35 persons into custody. Prohibitory orders were clamped throughout the district. The BJP gave a bandh call in against the protest against a Durga Mata procession at Bodhan and the police opened fire in air to disperse the mob.

Trouble started when shopkeepers belonging to a particular community resisted the BJP activists which soon led to heavy stone throwing from both sides. Almost all the major roads in the district witnessed group clashes. Some police personnel and media persons were injured in the course of action. To control the situation and bring it under control, the Superintendent of Police Mahesh Chandra Laddha deployed additional forces. The situation is currently under control. Like in any other typical bundh and violence call, the much of the damage was on local shops and RTC busses which became victims for the violence.

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