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Clash in Nelyadi: petition filed seeking ban on Bajrang Dal

Published On : 30 Oct 2015


Mangaluru (The Hindu): Expressing concern over the recent incident of communal tension at Nelyadi village in Dakshina Kannada district, a New Delhi resident filed a petition before the National Commission for Minorities and the Ministry of Home Affairs seeking a ban on Bajrang Dal.

Petitioner Shehzad Poonawalla, in his plea, said a barber belonging to a minority community had refused to shut his shop “as per custom” in the village on Tuesday. This triggered attacks on him and others, he noted.

Nelyadi village has nine hair salons of which eight belong to one community and one to another. A few hairdressers of the majority community had asked their lone peer to close his shop as the Savita Samaja, an umbrella organisation of hairdressers, had declared holidays on Tuesdays, according to the police.

His refusal led to altercation in the morning and by evening, tension prevailed in the village as groups belonging to both the communities assembled and engaged in heated exchange.

The Uppinangady police, however, intervened and brought the situation under control by resorting to lathi charge.

Superintendent of Police S.D. Sharanappa told The Hindu that the violence was not a planned one and had started between two professionals. The role of any organisation was not seen in the incident, though participants might have belonged to some of the organisations, he said. However, no one should take the law into their hand, he said, adding that nine persons had been arrested so far.


Two groups clashed over a hair salon remaining openon Tuesday

 


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