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JAIPUR: Authorities were forced to impose curfew in Sanganer near Jaipur on Friday as arson attacks continued for the second day after two dozen people, including police officers, were injured in communal clashes a day earlier.
Police said at least 10 paper factories were set afire on Friday and that they have lodged 14 FIRs against identified and unidentified rioters. Over two dozen people have been detained so far.
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot, who met senior police and administration officers to review the situation, described the violence as unfortunate while appealing for peace.
A minor fight between two people from different communities over parking triggered the clashes on Thursday as mobs started setting fire to paper factories in Sanganer.
An officer said they had a tough time controlling the fires as the factories were set ablaze one by one. A tractor parked nearby was also brunt down. The rioters also targeted raw materials outside these factories.
Acting police commissioner Biju George Joseph, who was among those injured in stoning, said, "Section 144 of CrPC banning gathering of five or more people had been imposed in the morning. But we decided to clamp curfew following incidents of arson.''
Rumours of some madrassas being set ablaze kept senior police officers on their toes.
"Armed police forces have been deployed through the area to maintain law and order. Relaxation in curfew will happen only after a through assessment of the situation," said the officer.
Police patrolling was increased throughout the city to prevent clashes from spreading to other areas.
The communal violence in Jaipur comes a day after similar clashes in Nagaur district's Makrana area following an alleged derogatory comment on a social networking site.
Rajasthan witnessed 42 communal clashes in 2011 leading to death of 16 people, while six people were killed in 30 such incidents a year later.
Curfew clamped as communal violence rocks Sanganer near Jaipur - The Times of India
Police said at least 10 paper factories were set afire on Friday and that they have lodged 14 FIRs against identified and unidentified rioters. Over two dozen people have been detained so far.
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot, who met senior police and administration officers to review the situation, described the violence as unfortunate while appealing for peace.
A minor fight between two people from different communities over parking triggered the clashes on Thursday as mobs started setting fire to paper factories in Sanganer.
An officer said they had a tough time controlling the fires as the factories were set ablaze one by one. A tractor parked nearby was also brunt down. The rioters also targeted raw materials outside these factories.
Acting police commissioner Biju George Joseph, who was among those injured in stoning, said, "Section 144 of CrPC banning gathering of five or more people had been imposed in the morning. But we decided to clamp curfew following incidents of arson.''
Rumours of some madrassas being set ablaze kept senior police officers on their toes.
"Armed police forces have been deployed through the area to maintain law and order. Relaxation in curfew will happen only after a through assessment of the situation," said the officer.
Police patrolling was increased throughout the city to prevent clashes from spreading to other areas.
The communal violence in Jaipur comes a day after similar clashes in Nagaur district's Makrana area following an alleged derogatory comment on a social networking site.
Rajasthan witnessed 42 communal clashes in 2011 leading to death of 16 people, while six people were killed in 30 such incidents a year later.
Curfew clamped as communal violence rocks Sanganer near Jaipur - The Times of India
