Stone pelting during religious procession in Khunti, DC urges for calm

Khunti, April 6 : Post the twin incident of stone-pelting in the city post a brawl that took place during staging a religious procession Deputy Commissioner Sashi Ranjan has appealed to the people to maintain calm. Briefing the press on Wednesday post the incident of Tuesday night he said that due to the prompt action of the police the situation was under control. Moreover, drone cameras have been deployed to keep an eye on the situation. He has urged the residents to maintain calm. On Tuesday night members of a particular, comm ty had pelted stones at a religious procession. The situation got blown out on Wednesday as at two places in the city stone pelting took place after which policemen rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control. The district administration has deployed Additional RAF jawans in the city. For safety point of view, the city has been divided into five zones. In each zone, a magistrate and 20 jawans have been deployed. The DC said that for Ramnavmi proper barricading will be done and there will be no go zones, further a meeting of the peace committee will be held on Thursday. The DC said that strict action will be taken against the culprits from both sides. AK ARN

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