Tension has gripped Rajasthan’s Bhilwara town when a 22-year-old Hindu man was allegedly stabbed by a youth belonging to the Muslim community, prompting authorities to suspend internet in the area till Thursday. Police personnel has been heavily deployed in the area as Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other right-wing groups like Hindu Jagran Manch have announced a ‘bandh’ (strike) on Wednesday. Three people have been taken into custody for the murder of the youth. According to the information, a 22-year-old man was stabbed to death over a personal dispute in the Kotwali police station area on Tuesday night. After which a heavy police force has been deployed here. At the same time, as a precaution, internet services have been stopped in the city till Thursday morning.
The Rajasthan Police is on alert after communal trouble in Karauli, Alwar, and Jodhpur in the past few weeks. “The administration is talking to community leaders to keep a dialogue open and foster an understanding so that this incident does not acquire communal overtones,” Mr. Modi said.
District Magistrate Ashish Modi told that in view of the sensitivity of the situation, officials have been taking rounds of the city since last night. The district administration has also held talks with community leaders to defuse the tension. So that this incident does not take a communal angle.
The murder that took place on Tuesday evening at the Kotawali police station area is said to be over a personal dispute. Sources said that some people got into a heated argument over money near Brahmani Sweets in the Shastri Nagar area. During the tussle, some youths attacked 22-year-old Adarsh Tapadia with knives and seriously injured him. Tapadia was taken to the district official but was declared brought dead by the doctors. Refusing to cremate the body, Mahesh Khotani, Adarsh Tapadia’s maternal uncle has demanded justice. It is said that the father of the deceased, Omprakash Tapadia was a history-sheeter of Bhilwara who is no more.
