Stone pelting on Eid in Jodhpur, 5 cops injured; CM appeals for peace

TIL Desk/National/Jodhpur/ Hours before Eid, communal tension broke out in Jodhpur leading to stone pelting. Five policemen were injured in the incident that took place past midnight, officials said. The situation was brought under control with heavy deployment of police, but the tension re-escalated after the Namaz of Eid on Tuesday morning when some people pelted stones near the Jalori Gate in Jodhpur.

A few vehicles were damaged, they said. Jodhpur is the hometown of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who appealed to the people to maintain peace and harmony. Members of the minority community were installing Eid flags and they put up a flag on a roundabout alongside the statue of freedom fighter Balmukund Bissa.

This led to a confrontation as the other community alleged that they a saffron flag they had put up there ahead of Parshuram Jayanti, had gone missing. The issue snowballed into stone pelting and clashes, the officials said. Police rushed to the spot to control the situation during which five policemen were injured, police control room said.