Stone pelting hours before Eid in Rajasthan's Jodhpur; CM calls for peace

Stone pelting hours before Eid in Rajasthan's Jodhpur; CM calls for peace

Stone pelting hours before Eid in Rajasthan's Jodhpur; CM calls for peace

Jodhpur : Communal tension broke out in Jalori Gate area here, which led to stone-pelting, leaving at least four policemen injured in the early hours of Tuesday.

Police lobbed teargas shells to control the situation hours before Eid celebration in the hometown of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who appealed to the people to maintain peace.

The two sides clashed with each other over installing a religious flag in connection with Eid, police said.

"Four policemen were injured in the stone-pelting. Heavy police force was deployed in the area to control the situation," a source in the police control room said.

The chief minister asked the people to uphold brotherhood and called the incident unfortunate.

"While respecting the tradition of love and brotherhood of Jodhpur, Marwar, I make a touching appeal to all the parties to maintain peace and cooperate in restoring law and order," he said in a tweet.

Gehlot said he had told the administration to maintain law and order.