Raipur: Police in Balrampur have arrested 3 individuals including two minors in connection with putting an Islamic religious flag on top of an already installed Hanuman Dhwaja in Balrampur district.
The incident has sparked protest from the locals after a video of the incident gone viral on the internet.
As per reports, a Hanuman Dhwaja was installed at the top of a water tank near a Ganesh Pooja Pandal in Virendra Nagar village under Trikunda police station limits. A few youths however put up an Islamic religious flag atop of the Dhwaja on September 4. The said individuals also recorded the act and later put it on social media platform.
Tension gripped the locality after the video gone viral on the internet, prompting authorities to intervene and remove the flag put up by youths.
A peace meeting was also called by authorities subsequently where locals demanded strict action against the accused individuals. The police later arrested three individuals including two minors.
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Reacting to the incident, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma said “Action has been taken into the matter and three individuals including two minors have been arrested by police.”
Interacting with media personnel, Sharma also reacted to another incident from Durg where police personnel allegedly misbehaved with an Army jawan over putting a Bhagwa Dhwaj at his house.
The deputy CM informed that a team of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha [BJYM] will visit Durg and will hoist Bhagwa Dhwaj there. He noted that “such incidents will not be tolerated in the State.”
An altercation occurred in Mandchur village of Durg after two policemen allegedly asked an army jawan to put down the Bhagwa Dhwaj which he had installed at the top of his house on Saturday.
A video of the incident has also gone viral on the internet, where the said policemen could be seen indulging in an altercation with the army jawan. The matter got escalated after Hindu outfits demanded action against the policemen involved in the incident, warning for an agitation in case of inaction.
