Jharkhand: Curfew imposed in Lohardaga after violence, stones pelting from inside mosque at VHP's pro-CAA rally
Ranchi/IBNS: Curfew was imposed in Jharkhand's Lohardaga on Friday after the eruption of violence and stone pelting from inside a mosque at a pro-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) rally which was brought out by Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) a day ago, media reports said.
As per reports, Section 144, which prohibits assembly of more than four people, has been imposed.
Schools and colleges have been shut down.
The VHP has shared a video where a policeman was heard saying he along with two others were injured in the stone pelting. "Stones were hurled from the mosque," said the policeman.
CAA के समरà¥à¤¥à¤¨ में निकली रैली पर मसà¥à¤œà¤¿à¤¦ से जिहादियों के हमले की सचà¥à¤šà¤¾à¤ˆ बयां करता जबान... pic.twitter.com/gwUgUQyQoh
— Vishva Hindu Parishad -VHP (@VHPDigital) January 23, 2020
The VHP has blamed the Hemant Soren government for the attack saying, "Attack on Hindus took place immediately after the Congress-backed Soren government is formed?"
(Image Credit: Screenshot grab from VHP video)
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
