An altercation broke out between two communities in Darbhanga district of Bihar after some miscreants created a ruckus during a peace meeting called to settle a dispute over installing a religious flag near a temple premises on Sunday, July 23.
According to the reports a peace meeting was called by the administration on Sunday after an altercation broke out between the two sides over installing a flag near a Durga temple near Bazar Samiti Chowk of Shivdhara under Mabbi police station limits on Saturday night.
It’s been learnt that during the meeting a few miscreants from a particular community started a ruckus following which the two sides pelted stones on each other injuring a few. Learning about the incident, heavy deployment of the security personnel have been made by the police in view of preventing any untoward incident.
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— ETVBharat Bihar (@ETVBharatBR) July 23, 2023
Speaking with the media, Awkash Kumar, Senior Superintendent of the police (SSP) Bhagalpur said “that a dispute broke out between the communities over installing of a flag following which city SP and SHOs of the nearest police station were deployed to find an amicable solution.”
“Both sides had almost agreed to settle the dispute when some miscreants created a ruckus following which stones were pelted by both the groups. So far there has been no reports of any injury, the situation is under control and the miscreants are being identified, we will investigate the matter and action will be taken”,added SSP Kumar.
Meanwhile, the Darbhanga police in a press release on Sunday evening has condemned and refuted the reports of alleged stone pelting and instilling of religious flag near a temple premises in Bhagalpur of Bihar on July 22 night.
‘A dispute broke out between two communities over the installation of a flag outside the Durga temple of Bazar Samiti Chowk following which a peace meeting was called by the police. A few miscreants during the meet created a ruckus following which stones were pelted by the two sides, a few people including some policemen have been injured in the incident who are being treated in the district hospital’, read the press release.
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— Darbhanga Police (@DarbhangaPolice) July 23, 2023
Further in a tweet the Darbhanga police while refuting a few media reports clarified that no flag has been installed on the temple nor any incident of stone pelting on the temple has occurred.
Of late Bihar has witnessed a number of communal flare-ups lately as clashes between the two communities erupted following an alleged attack on the Ramnavami procession in Nalanda and Bihar Sharif districts.
