Jharkhand: Situation under control in violence-hit Hazaribag, internet restored, say police
India Today
The police in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag said the situation was under control in the area where clashes broke out between two communities over the killing of a 17-year-old boy.
Tension prevailed in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag on Tuesday, where violence had broken out after a 17-year-old boy was killed in clashes between two communities, but the situation in the district was largely under control, a senior police officer said.
Internet services, debarred on Monday to prevent rumour-mongering, have been restored in the district and its adjoining places, he said.
Rupesh Kumar Pandey, the only son of a truck driver here, died after allegedly facing assault on Sunday evening at Kariyadpur village in Barhi police station area.
Four persons arrested in connection with Sunday’s clashes were produced before court of the chief judicial magistrate, which sent them to Hazaribag Central Jail.
Shops and establishments in the area that had downed shutters on Monday in protest against the incident resumed operations in the afternoon on the district administration's assurances of a fair probe and adequate compensation for the victim’s family, Superintendent of Police Manoj Ratan Chothe said.
Not many people were seen venturing out in Kariyadpur village, where an uneasy calm was palpable throughout the day.
"The situation is under control and normalcy is being restored. Internet services have been reinstated in Hazaribag and adjoining districts of Koderma, Chatra, Ramgarh and Giridih, post permission from the state home department," Chothe said.
