Janjivan Bureau / Kasganj : Fresh protests broke out as protestors demanded the body of Chandan Gupta who died in overnight firing between the two groups.The communal clash had broke out over an unauthorized rally to mark the R-Day, mentioned the report. Day after clashes broke on R-Day in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj district in which one person died, fresh protests broke out with protestors torching down five shops, said a media report.
According to the report fresh protests broke out as protestors demanded the body of Chandan Gupta who died in overnight firing between the two groups.The communal clash had broke out over an unauthorized rally to mark the R-Day, mentioned the report.
Quoting police statement, the report mentioned: “A complaint has been filed at the Kasganj Police Station and nine involved persons have been arrested so far. A special team has also been constituted and we are trying to arrest others involved as well”.
On Friday, mentioned the report, police had said, “Chandan Gupta (22) died after being hit on the chest by a bullet and Noushad was admitted to a hospital in neighbouring Aligarh district after being shot in the leg. Both groups hurled stones at each other in Kasganj town before shots were fired.”
Ripudaman Singh, Station House Officer, Kasganj, said the clash occurred after a group in Badu Nagar objected to certain slogans raised by motorcycle-borne participants of the “Tiranga Yatra”, which had started from the Bilram Gate area, said the report.
According to police, another trigger for the clash was an altercation in which a member of one group allegedly slapped a youth of the other, the report mentioned further.