Madhya Pradesh: Section 144 imposed in parts of Shajapur after stone pelting incident

The district administration has imposed prohibitory orders under CrPC Section 144 in three areas of Madhya Pradesh's Shajapur city after some people pelted stones at participants of a religious procession following a dispute, according to PTI reports. 

One person was injured in the incident which took place in the Magaria area on Monday evening, a police official said, adding that adequate security has been deployed in the area and an FIR registered in this connection.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Shajapur Collector Riju Bafna said Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) has been imposed with immediate effect in three areas - Magaria, Kachhiwada and Lalpura.

Currently, the situation is peaceful in the area and a case has been registered against the miscreants, he said. Further legal action is being taken in this matter. 

What happened in Madhya Pradesh? 

Seven-eight persons stopped a group of people on Nag-Nagin Road near a mosque at around 8.30 pm on Monday when the latter was taking out a routine evening procession ahead of the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, as per the First Information Report (FIR) registered on a complaint by one Mohit Rathore, who was part of the procession.

The persons told them not to take out the procession from the area and a group of people gathered there subsequently, the FIR stated as quoted by PTI. 

The procession participants were manhandled and stones were pelted at them, it said.

The complainant claimed they were also attacked with swords and stones were hurled from rooftops. Following this, the police registered the FIR against 24 identified people and 15-20 unidentified persons.

Ujjain's divisional commissioner Sanjay Goyal and Inspector General Santosh Kumar Singh reached the spot after the incident. Shajapur MLA Arun Bhimawad went to a local police station after the incident and demanded action against the accused.

(With PTI inputs)