Mob violence in Nagpur over Khairlanji massacre

Nagpur, Nov 6 (UNI) The police resorted to lathicharge and burst teargas shells to control mob as sporadic incidents of violence and arson rocked some parts of the city today to protest the massacre of a Dalit family by villagers of Khairlanji in Bhandara district in Vidarbha region recently.

The rampaging mob also damaged a car belonging to Congress MLA Nitin Raut, police sources said. Mr Raut is currently in abroad.

A mob set fire to the official vehicle of Assistant Commissioner of Police (Pachpaoli Division) N D Gore and later ransacked his office in Indora locality, and smashed two-wheelers belonging to policemen and media personnel parked in the area. Some persons also pelted stones at newsmen covering the incident.

As many as 28 policemen were injured in the violence in Indora.

The situation in Indora continued to be tense but under control, with additional men having been deployed in the area, the sources said. Senior police officials including Additional Commissioner of Police Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay are keeping a close watch on the situation.

Earlier, miscreants damaged eight buses belonging to Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) in Wadi area. Violence was also reported from Medical Square, Golibar Square and Jaripatka localities.

The miscreants were protesting the killing of four members of a family in Khairlanji in adjoining Bhandara district late in September. Surekha Bhotmange (44), her sons Roshan (23) and Sudhir (21), and daughter Priyanka (18) were done to death by a mob in the village late September 30 night over a land dispute.

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