Mob fury in Musakhedi after youth’s murder

Mob fury in Musakhedi after youth’s murder

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 09:42 PM IST
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Indore : Following the death of a youth in Musakhedi area on Thursday night, local residents created a ruckus, raised slogans and demanded death for the accused. Heavy police force was deployed to prevent any untoward incident.

However, when the market opened on Friday morning, the angry residents spilled on to streets, forced closure of shops and reportedly resorted to stone pelting at a sweetmeat shop.

It may be recalled that when a tractor rammed into Shreenath Sweets, a shop located near Musakhedi Square, shop owner Harsh, his brother Govind and father Murali Joshi along with employees attacked Mahesh Patel and Gokul with swords, knives and other weapons, killing Mahesh on the spot.

The police registered cases of murder, attempted murder and other offences against Harsh, Govind, Murali and two others late on Thursday night and arrested them immediately while absconding accused—Sandeep Joshi, Suresh Gurjar and Vishal Thakur— were also nabbed after raids at various places in the city.

In view of tense situation, heavy police force was deployed in the area during the night. However, when shops opened on Friday morning, the angry mob forced their closure but left the scene after the police managed to calm them.

After autopsy, Mahesh’s body was handed over to his family and once again the mob turned restive. Hundreds of men from the community wanted to create a chakka jam at Musakhedi Square by keeping the body on the road. Once again, the police tried to pacify the mob but to no avail.

Finally, the mob led by Jitu Jirati arrived with the body and staged a demonstration, raised slogans and demanded death sentence for the accused.

As the funeral procession went ahead to the cremation ground, the IMC and the District Administration demolished encroachments despite protests by the owners including women.

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